Captaincy of São Vicente

In 1534 King John III of Portugal granted the captaincy to Martim Afonso de Sousa, a Portuguese admiral.De Sousa had founded the first two permanent Portuguese settlements in Brazil in 1532: São Vicente (near the present port of Santos) and Piratininga (later to become São Paulo).De Sousa received two tracts of land: These two tracts, separated by the Captaincy of Santo Amaro, formed the Captaincy of São Vicente.São Vicente became the only captaincy to flourish in southern Brazil.It ultimately gave rise to São Paulo state and provided the base for the bandeirantes to expand Portuguese America west of the Tordesilhas Line.
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