Captaincy
A captaincy (
Portuguese colonial empires
. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule administrations of medieval feudal governments in which the monarch delimited territories for colonization that were administered by men of confidence.
The same term was or is used in some other countries, such as
.Captaincy system
Portuguese Empire
The Captaincies of the Portuguese Empire were developed successively, based on the original donatário system established by King
Goa, Daman, Bombay and Bassein
, the Azores and eventually Brazil.
Spanish Empire
Kingdom of Hungary
Croatia
Croatia has so-called port captaincies that are responsible for the civilian administration of maritime matters.
Austria
In Austria, district captaincies (Bezirkshauptmannschaften) have existed since 1849. These are responsible for the general administration on a district level and are comparable to county offices in the United States.
See also
- Captaincies of Brazil
- Captain-major
- Captain of the port
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Costa, Susana Goulart (2008), Azores: Nine Islands, One History, Berkeley, California: The Regents of the University of Southern California/Institute of Governmental Studies Press/University of California, Berkeley
- Bento, Carlos Melo (2008), História dos Açores: Da descoberta a 1934 (in Portuguese), Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal: Câmara Municipal de Ponta Delgada