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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. Spanish captaincies general, on account of their independence and ...
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
The Captaincy General had its capital in Cebu from 1565 to...
- Captaincy General of Venezuela
The Captaincy General of Venezuela (Spanish: Capitanía...
- Captaincy
A captaincy ( Spanish: capitanía [kapitaˈni.a], Portuguese:...
- Captaincy General of the Philippines
In the Portuguese Empire, a capitão-general (plural capitães-generais) was a governor of a capitania geral (captaincy general), with a higher rank than a capitão-mor (captain-major) and directly subordinated to the Crown. A captaincy general had a higher category than the simple captaincies (also referred as subaltern captaincies). Sometimes ...
governor. 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. Although under the nominal jurisdiction of their viceroys, captains general, because of their special ...
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Mexico. The Province of Yucatán ( / ˌjʊkəˈtɑːn / YUU-kə-TAHN; Spanish: Provincia de Yucatán; Spanish pronunciation: [pɾoˈβinsja ðe ʝukaˈtan] ), or the Captaincy General, Governorate, Intendancy, or Kingdom of Yucatán, was a first order administrative subdivision of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Yucatán Peninsula.
