Duarte Coelho
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Duarte Coelho Pereira was a nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. He was the first Donatario of the captaincy of Pernambuco and founder of Olinda.
Duarte Coelho, Proprietor of Pernambuco
Captaincy of Pernambuco
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The Captaincy of Pernambuco or New Lusitania was one of the hereditarily granted administrative subdivisions of northeastern Portuguese Brazil during the colonial period from 1534 to 1821, with a brie
Duarte Coelho
…was a nobleman, military leader, and colonial administrator in the Portuguese colony of Brazil. He was the first Donatario (Lord Proprietor) of the captaincy of Pernambuco and founder of Olinda. The birth and childhood of Duarte Coelho Pereira are obscured from history. His father's name was Gonçalo Coelho, but it is not…
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