Captaincy of Ceará
[1][2] European colonization in America effectively began in 1534, when King John III divided the territory into fourteen hereditary captaincies and gave them to twelve donatários, who could exploit the land's resources, but in exchange had to populate and protect the regions.In a letter addressed to Martim Afonso de Sousa in 1532, John III announced the decision to divide the Portuguese territory, beginning the donations in 1534.[3][4] There are three possible factors for the adoption of the captaincy system in Brazil: a response by the Portuguese monarchy to France's threat to its project of domination in America; the transfer of expenses with colonization from Portugal to the donatários, favoring the Crown in a situation of limited resources; and the conversion of the native population to Christianity, continuing the ideal of the Crusades.From 1590 onwards, French corsairs allied themselves with the Tabajara people of Ibiapaba and established a fortified factory on their coast to exploit brazilwood.[7][8] The first Portuguese expedition in the region was conducted in 1603 during the Philippine Dynasty, when Captain-Major Pero Coelho de Sousa traveled along the coast of Ceará leading eighty-six soldiers and two hundred indigenous people.
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