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The Captaincy General was a division of a viceroyalty in Spanish or Portuguese colonial administration. Captaincies general were established districts that were under threat from foreign invasion or attack from indigenous peoples. Their governors were the Captains general.
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
The Captaincy General of the Philippines [a] was an...
- Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo (Spanish: Capitanía...
- Captaincy General of Venezuela
The Captaincy General of Venezuela (Spanish: Capitanía...
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
In the BattleTech universe, Captain-General is the title of the military and political leader of the Free Worlds League, one of the major factions in the setting. Since the 25th century, Captains-General have been members of the Marik family in a quasi-hereditary succession.
Captain general, in colonial Spanish America, the governor of a captaincy general, a division of a viceroyalty. Captaincies general were established districts that were under serious pressures from foreign invasion or Indian attack.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A captaincy ( Spanish: capitanía [kapitaˈni.a], Portuguese: capitania [kɐpitɐˈni.ɐ], Croatian: kapetanija) is a historical administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires. It was instituted as a method of organization, directly associated with the home-rule administrations of medieval feudal governments in ...
