Brasil (Principia Moderni II Map Game)

Brasil is an Portuguese colony located in Southern Antília (OTL South America)

History
At the time of European discovery, the territory of current day Brasil had as many as 2,000 tribes. The indigenous peoples were traditionally mostly semi-nomadic tribes who subsisted on hunting, fishing, gathering, and migrant agriculture. When the Portuguese arrived in 1497, the Natives were living mainly on the coast and along the banks of major rivers. Initially, the Europeans saw the natives as noble savages, and miscegenation of the population began right away.

Tribal warfare, cannibalism and the pursuit of the pau-brasil for its treasured red dye convinced the Portuguese that they should civilize the Natives. But the Portuguese, like the Spanish in their South American possessions, had unknowingly brought diseases with them, against which many Natives were helpless due to lack of immunity. Measles, smallpox, tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and influenza killed tens of thousands. The diseases spread quickly along the indigenous trade routes, and whole tribes were likely annihilated without ever coming in direct contact with Europeans.

In November 1497, Brasil was discoveredby Portugal on the arrival of the Portuguese fleet commanded by Duarte Pacheco Pereira on what today is the coast of Tremembé.The Portuguese encountered stone-using natives divided into several tribes, many of whom shared the same language family, and fought among themselves.

Despite the attempts at trade with India, Portugal never managed to get a foothold there, and trade stopped entirely when Bengal nd the Caliphate started to be dominant on India, thus making Portugal concentrate more on Brasil.Most of the early colonisation attempts were financed by the crown.In the 1530's seeking to cut costs, the capitaincy system that worked on Açores and Madeira was implemented on Brasil, with the capitaincies being donated to Portuguese noblemen, who were in turn responsible for the occupation of the land and answered to the monarch.However, the capitães-mores appointed by the colonists were not removed, which proved useful when not many of the capitães-donatários actually came to Brasil, particularly on north and in São Sebastião.

Starting in the mid-16th century, sugarcane culture, grown in plantation's property called engenhos ("factories") along the northeast coast became the base of Brazilian economy, with the use of black slaves on large plantations to make sugar production for export to Europe. At first, settlers tried to enslave the Natives as labor to work the fields. (The exploration of Brazil's interior was largely due to para-military adventurers, the bandeirantes, who entered the jungle in search of gold and Native slaves.) However the Natives were found to be unsuitable as slaves, and so the Portuguese land owners turned to Africa, whence they imported millions of slaves.

Capitanias and their donataries

 * Pará -
 * João I de Barros (1496-1570)
 * Diogo de Barros (1526-1590)
 * Miguel de Barros (1548-1604)
 * João II de Barros (1569-1631)
 * João III de Barros (1591-1652)
 * Tremembé -
 * Aires da Cunha (1488-1555)
 * Duarte da Cunha (1536-1608)
 * Sebastião da Cunha (1556-1610)
 * Fernando da Cunha (1576-1650)
 * Aires II da Cunha (1598-1664)
 * Ceará -
 * Antônio Cardoso de Barros (c.1490-1542)
 * Duarte da Costa (c.1500-1560)
 * Afonso da Costa (1536-1608)
 * Duarte II da Costa (1560-1621)
 * Duarte III da Costa (1582-1645)
 * Potengi -
 * Fernando Álvares de Andrade (1491-1537)
 * Pedro Álvares de Andrade (1520-1586)
 * Fernando II Álvares de Andrade (1548-1620)
 * Gil Álvares de Andrade (1573-)
 * Fernando III Álvares de Andrade (1595-1663)
 * Itamaracá -
 * Pedro Lopes de Sousa (1497-1539)
 * Lopo de Sousa (1525-1601)
 * Martim de Sousa (1551-1620)
 * Lopo II de Sousa (1577-1635)
 * Afonso de Sousa (1599-1662)
 * Pernambuco -
 * Duarte Coelho (1485-1554)
 * Duarte II Coelho (1537-1580)
 * Jorge Coelho (1539-1598)
 * Duarte III Coelho (1561-1628)
 * Duarte IV Coelho (1591-1658)
 * Brites Coelho (1617-1674)/Jorge II Vieira (1614-1669)
 * João Vieira (1636-1701)
 * Duarte V Vieira (1660-1725)
 * Francisca Vieira (1682-1750)/Felipe Cavalcanti (1680-1732)
 * João II Cavalcanti (1701-1775)
 * São Francisco -
 * Cristóvão Cardoso de Barros (1540-1606)
 * Garcia Cardoso de Barros (1567-1634)
 * Tomé Cardoso de Barros (1589-1643)
 * Bahia -
 * Francisco Pereira Coutinho (1488-1547)
 * Pedro Pereira Coutinho (1535-1566)
 * José Pereira Coutinho (1556-1597)
 * Garcia d'Ávila (1556-1625)
 * Garcia II d'Ávila (1582-1660)
 * Garcia III d'Ávila (1604-1672)
 * Tomé d'Ávila (1650-1675)
 * João d'Ávila (1652-1690)
 * Garcia IV d'Ávila (1675-1750)
 * Nhoesembé -
 * Jorge de Figueiredo (1481-1544)
 * Francisco de Figueiredo (1523-1685)
 * Antônio de Figueiredo (1550-1622)
 * Jorge II de Figueiredo (1574-)
 * Espírito Santo -
 * Pedro Tourinho (1495-1553)
 * Fernando Tourinho (1521-1598)
 * Gil Tourinho (1544-1615)
 * Ana Tourinho (1567-1628)/Nuno Barbosa (1564-1601)
 * Pedro II Barbosa (1587-1655)
 * Paraíba do Sul -
 * Pedro de Góis (1490-1559)
 * Luís de Góis - (1493-1560)
 * Inês de Góis (1521-1562)/Jorge Coutinho (1520-1588)
 * Vasco Coutinho (1544-1605)
 * Pedro II Coutinho (1570-1637)
 * Luís II Coutinho (1593-1657)
 * São Sebastião
 * Antônio I de Ataíde (1500-1563)
 * Antônio II de Ataíde (1530-1603)
 * Antônio III de Ataíde (1560-1637) [sold the capitaincy to Pedro II Coutinho]
 * São Vicente -
 * Martim Afonso de Sousa (1499-1571)
 * Pedro de Sousa (1530-1586)
 * Rodrigo de Sousa (1553-)
 * Martim II de Sousa (1576-1640)
 * Lopo de Sousa (1598-1656)
 * Iria de Sousa (1622-1684)/Pedro II de Sousa (1624-1685)
 * Henrique de Sousa (1646-1710)
 * Paranaguá -
 * Antônio Ribeiro (1490-1551)
 * Afonso Ribeiro (1528-1595)
 * Brás Ribeiro (1549-1625)
 * Antônio II Ribeiro (1572-)
 * Afonso II Ribeiro (1595-)
 * Rio Grande -
 * Álvaro da Costa (1496-1567)
 * Duarte da Costa (1517-1588)
 * Dinis da Costa (1539-1608)
 * Nuno da Costa (1562-)
 * Álvaro II da Costa (1585-)

Pará

 * Santa Maria de Belém (city)
 * Maturu (OTL Porto de Moz) (fortress)
 * Arucará (fortress)
 * Abaetetuba (small settlement)
 * Santarém (village)

Tremembé

 * Alcântara (village)
 * Guimarães (small settlement)
 * Santo Amaro de Tremembé (fortreess with small settlement)
 * Nazaré (OTL São Luís) (village)

Ceará

 * Cajueiro (OTL Acaraú and Itarema) (small settlement)
 * Fortaleza (city)

Potengi

 * São Bento (fortress)
 * Ceará-Mirim (small settlement)
 * Cajupiranga (OTL Parnamirim) (small settlement around an sugar mill)
 * Natal (city)

Itamaracá

 * Nossa Senhora das Neves (OTL João Pessoa) (city)
 * Itamaracá (city)
 * Tibiri (OTL Santa Rita) (small settlement)

Pernambuco

 * Olinda (city)
 * Arrecife (OTL Recife) (village)
 * Jaboatão (small settlement around an sugar mill)
 * Arraial do Cabo (OTL Cabo de Santo Agostinho (small settlement)
 * Igaraçu (city)
 * Gueena (OTL Goiana) (small settlement)
 * São Miguel de Ipojuca (village)
 * Nossa Senhora do Ó (OTL Ipojuca) (village)
 * Mbiritiba (OTL Paudalho) (village)
 * Vila Formosa de Sirinhaém (village)
 * Santo Antão da Mata (OTL Vitória de Santo Antão) (village)

São Francisco

 * Penedo (city)
 * Vila de Santa Maria Madalena de Sumaúna e a Lagoa do Sul (OTL Marechal Deodoro) (village)
 * São Cristóvão (village)

Bahia

 * Aldeia do Divino Espírito Santo (OTL Camaçari) (small settlement)
 * São Félix (village)
 * Cachoeira (village)
 * Santo Amaro da Purificação (village)
 * São Salvador da Bahia (city)
 * São Jorge dos Ilhéus (city)

Nhoesembé

 * Porto Seguro de Nhoesembé (city)
 * Cricaré (OTL São Mateus) (small settlement)

Espírito Santo

 * Vila Nova do Espírito Santo (OTL Vila Velha) (city)
 * Vila do Espírito Santo (OTL Vitória) (city)
 * Nossa Senhora da Conceição da Serra (OTL Serra) (village)

Paraíba Do Sul

 * Cabo Frio (city)
 * Jacuruna (OTL São Pedro da Aldeia) (village)
 * Macaé (village)
 * São Salvador dos Campos (OTL Campos dos Goytacazes) (city)

São Sebastião

 * São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (city)
 * Vila da Angra dos Reis (village)
 * Majepemirim (OTL Magé) (village)
 * São Gonçalo de Amarante (small settlement)
 * São Lourenço dos Índios (OTL Niterói) (village)

São Vicente

 * São Sebastião (city)
 * Iperoig (OTL Ubatuba) (village)
 * São Paulo de Piratininga (village)
 * São Vicente (city)
 * São Bernardo do Campo (village)
 * Tijucuçu (OTL São Caetano do Sul) (small settlement)
 * Santana de Mogi Mirim (OTL Mogi das Cruzes) (small settlement)
 * Vila Nova de Santo André da Borda do Campo (OTL Santo André) (small settlement)
 * Nossa Senhora da Conceição de Itanhaém (village)
 * Cananéia (city)
 * Nossa Senhora das Neves de Iguape (city)
 * Vila do Porto de Santos em Enguaguaçu (OTL Santos) (village)
 * Santana de Parnaíba (village)
 * Embu Mirim (OTL Embu) (village)

Paranaguá

 * Paranaguá (city)
 * Nossa Senhora da Graça do Rio São Francisco (OTL São Francisco do Sul) (small settlement)

Rio Grande

 * Rio Grande (village)
 * Porto dos Casais (OTL Porto Alegre) (small settlement)