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Captaincy of Cabo de Norte

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The Captaincy of Cabo de Norte was a captaincy in Brazil which existed from 1637 until 1693. It was located in modern-day Amapá, including northern portions of the Amazon at the Paru River.[1]

The captaincy of Cabo de Norte was granted by King Philip IV of Spain to Bento Maciel Parente in 1637 during the Iberian Union of Crowns.[2][1][3]

The captaincy returned to the Portuguese Crown in 1693.[4]

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  1. ^ a b The Cambridge History of Latin America. Cambridge University Press. 1984. p. 531. ISBN 9780521245166.
  2. ^ Colonial Brazil. Cambridge University Press. 1987. p. 175. ISBN 9780521349253.
  3. ^ José Paranhos (1894). Statement Submitted by the United States of Brazil to the President of the United States of America as Arbitrator: Under the Provisions of the Treaty Concluded September 7, 1889, Between Brazil and the Argentine Republic... United States: Knickerbocker Press. p. 19.
  4. ^ Silvia Espelt-Bombin. "Frontier Politics: French, Portuguese and Amerindian Alliances between the Amazon and Cayenne, 1680–1697" (PDF). University of Exeter. Retrieved 17 October 2023.