Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Capitão do Donatário
English translation:
capitão donatário (commander of the province)
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DavidHardy
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Portuguese term
Capitão do Donatário
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History
In an extensive document about the historical buildings and settlements in the Azores. Essentially, inferred to be the person put in charge of an island by the King, who had certain rights.
No principio do século XVI, era o principal porto da ilha de São Miguel, onde se localizava a alfândega e a residência do Capitão do Donatário, sendo, por isso, considerada a primeira capital da ilha.
No principio do século XVI, era o principal porto da ilha de São Miguel, onde se localizava a alfândega e a residência do Capitão do Donatário, sendo, por isso, considerada a primeira capital da ilha.
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| 3 +8 | capitão donatário (commander of the province) |
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| 4 +2 | Captain Donatory |
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Portuguese term (edited):
Capit�o do Donat�rio
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capitão donatário (commander of the province)
Some quick research indicates that this has often been translated in the past (on tourism/history web sites for the Azores and Madeira) as "capitão donatário" with the English description (commander of the province).
Definition of donatário from www.priberam.pt = "aquele que recebia, no período dos Descobrimentos, uma extensão de território para povoar, explorar e administrar". Thus, coupled with capitão, "commander of the province".
Another good reference is this one from http://pt.wikipedia.org: "Capitão do donatário era um cargo tardo-feudal criado nas zonas de expansão ultramarina portuguesa onde vigorava o regime da donataria. Ao capitão do donatário, ou simplesmente capitão-donatário, cabia a representação na capitania dos interesses do donatário, garantindo os seus proventos e administrando os seus bens."
Hope this points you in the right direction, at least.
Finally, here are some online examples in English:
Simas Surname Research Project
And with Sudeley's descendant, Vasco Gil Sodré, when he went to the island of Graciosa to be the Capitão Donatário there and brought the first settlers, ...
www.dholmes.com/simaspjt.html
Santa Maria Island: Information From Answers.com
The island also has old houses with windows that belonged to Capitão Donatário dating back to the 15th century. Santa Maria is the only island in the ...
www.answers.com/topic/santa-maria-island
Picoazores.com - English Version - Pico Island
... capitão donatário (commander of the province) of Faial, who was also capitão donatário of Pico. However, the first capitão donatário of Pico Island was Álvaro de Ornelas ...
www.picoazores.com/english/ pico_island/parish/ilha_do_pico.php
João Vaz Corte-Real - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because of his explorations he was granted to be the Capitão-Donatário of Angra do Heroísmo in 1474, and in 1483, he took the same position in the São Jorge ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_Vaz_Corte-Real
Definition of donatário from www.priberam.pt = "aquele que recebia, no período dos Descobrimentos, uma extensão de território para povoar, explorar e administrar". Thus, coupled with capitão, "commander of the province".
Another good reference is this one from http://pt.wikipedia.org: "Capitão do donatário era um cargo tardo-feudal criado nas zonas de expansão ultramarina portuguesa onde vigorava o regime da donataria. Ao capitão do donatário, ou simplesmente capitão-donatário, cabia a representação na capitania dos interesses do donatário, garantindo os seus proventos e administrando os seus bens."
Hope this points you in the right direction, at least.
Finally, here are some online examples in English:
Simas Surname Research Project
And with Sudeley's descendant, Vasco Gil Sodré, when he went to the island of Graciosa to be the Capitão Donatário there and brought the first settlers, ...
www.dholmes.com/simaspjt.html
Santa Maria Island: Information From Answers.com
The island also has old houses with windows that belonged to Capitão Donatário dating back to the 15th century. Santa Maria is the only island in the ...
www.answers.com/topic/santa-maria-island
Picoazores.com - English Version - Pico Island
... capitão donatário (commander of the province) of Faial, who was also capitão donatário of Pico. However, the first capitão donatário of Pico Island was Álvaro de Ornelas ...
www.picoazores.com/english/ pico_island/parish/ilha_do_pico.php
João Vaz Corte-Real - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because of his explorations he was granted to be the Capitão-Donatário of Angra do Heroísmo in 1474, and in 1483, he took the same position in the São Jorge ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/João_Vaz_Corte-Real
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António Ribeiro
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Portuguese term (edited):
Capit? do Donat?io
Captain Donatory
Martin Behaim's 1492 'Erdapfel'
... that at an early period he made the acquaintance of Josse van Hurter, the
Captain Donatory of Fayal and Pico, whose daughter Joanna de Macedo became his ...
myweb.tiscali.co.uk/greavesandthomas/ facsimile/globe_behaim.html
... that at an early period he made the acquaintance of Josse van Hurter, the
Captain Donatory of Fayal and Pico, whose daughter Joanna de Macedo became his ...
myweb.tiscali.co.uk/greavesandthomas/ facsimile/globe_behaim.html
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Isabel Vidigal
: and then the captain-donatary of the island ... www.history-compass.com/ images/store/HICO/chapters/72.pdf - Resultado Adicional
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Henrique Magalhaes
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