General Harbor office
general Capitainerie (of the Spanish General Capitanía ) is a subdivision of the Vice-royauté in the colonial system Spanish (Americas and Philippines), established in the areas risking a foreign invasion or an attack of the natives. The general Harbor office is controlled by a general Capitaine which at the base is a soldier with being able and civil authority plénipotencière. General Certainescapitaineries, like Venezuela, Guatemala and Chile will be sometimes detached from their viceroyalty in order to allow a more effective administration of it.
In spite of the jurisdictional preponderance of their viceroy, the general captains were in the practically independent facts, because of their special military functions and of the considerable distance their districts of the viceregal capital and thanks to a direct link with the king and the Conseil of the Indies to Madrid.
General harbor offices
- Santo Domingo (1540)
- Chile (1541), following the War of Arauco, in the beginning belonged to the Vice-royauté of Peru.
- Guatemala (1560)
- Yucatan (1564), which in addition to Yucatan includes/understands Campeche and Quintana Roo. It became a Intendencia in 1786.
- Filipino (1565)
- News-Grenade (1563), which became a viceroyalty in 1717.
- Cuba (1764), which includes/understands the Louisiana yielded by France in 1763. Detached from the News-Spain at the time of the independence of Mexico.
- Venezuela (1777), detached from the viceroyalty of News-Spain.
Portuguese system
The Portuguese will also use this system in their colonies. With the Brazil, the general captain will be named donatário .
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