Captaincy of Bahia

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The Captaincy of Bahia was a major colonial administrative division of Portuguese Brazil centered on the important coastal city of Salvador, which served as an early capital and key political, economic, and military hub in the region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Captaincy of Bahia canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Portuguese colonial administrative division ⓘ
captaincy of Brazil ⓘ
borderedBy other captaincies of Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
capital Salvador ⓘ
colonizer Portugal ⓘ
contains Recôncavo Baiano region ⓘ
linked to: Recôncavo Baiano

city of Salvador ⓘ
country Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
economyBasedOn Atlantic trade ⓘ
slave-based agriculture ⓘ
sugarcane plantations ⓘ
exported sugar ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
governedFrom Salvador ⓘ
hadFortification coastal forts defending Salvador ⓘ
hadInstitution Catholic diocesan structures centered in Salvador ⓘ
colonial governor’s palace in Salvador ⓘ
hasRole administrative center of Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
economic hub of Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
military hub of Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
political center of Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
hasTypeOfGovernment colonial administration ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

early modern period ⓘ
imported European manufactured goods ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Brazil ⓘ
State of Bahia ⓘ
linked to: Bahia
locatedOn Atlantic coast of Brazil ⓘ
majorPort Port of Salvador ⓘ
notableCity Salvador ⓘ
partOf Colonial Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese America

Portuguese America ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
State of Brazil (Portuguese colonial state) ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese America
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousOrderPresent Benedictines ⓘ
Franciscans ⓘ
linked to: Franciscan Order

Jesuits ⓘ
linked to: Society of Jesus
significance one of the most important captaincies in Portuguese Brazil ⓘ
strategicImportance control of shipping routes along Brazilian coast ⓘ
defense of Portuguese interests in South Atlantic ⓘ
tradeNetwork Portuguese Atlantic system ⓘ
usedCurrency Portuguese real ⓘ
usedLabor enslaved Africans ⓘ
enslaved Indigenous people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Salvador (1822–1823) → location → Captaincy of Bahia ⓘ
Captaincy of Pernambuco → borderedBy → Captaincy of Bahia ⓘ
Captaincy of Sergipe del Rei → borderedBy → Captaincy of Bahia ⓘ
Captaincy of Piauí → borderedBy → Captaincy of Bahia ⓘ