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In 1700, the Capitania of Fernando de Noronha reverted to the Portuguese crown and became part of the Capitania of Pernambuco, however the island was uninhabited and so, in 1736, the French East Indies Company took the island and renamed it Isle Dauphine.
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Its possession has been for ages of great political importance to the Spanish Government, because it is capable of furnishing a rival power, Portugal, with an easy passage into the missions of Guiana, and thereby disturbing the Capitania general of Caracas in its southern limits.
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In the Capitania – General of Caracas, the Indian population is inconsiderable, at least beyond the Missions and in the cultivated zone.
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If we examine the state of the Capitania – General of Caracas, according to the principles here laid down, we perceive that agricultural industry, the great mass of population, the numerous towns, and everything connected with advanced civilization, are found near the coast.
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Cordillera of Chiquitos which widens in the Capitania de Minas Geraes, and divides the rivers flowing into the Amazon from those of the Rio de la
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Provinces of Venezuela, and, above all, in the ancient Capitania – General of Caracas, they are as thirty-five to one.
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(Provincia de la Guyana), which is a part of the ancient Capitania general of Caracas.
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Merida is enclosed in the territory of the ancient Capitania-general of
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Capitania – General nearly 24,000 square leagues as being occupied by the
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Capitania – General of Venezuela, have augmented opulence, knowledge, and that restless desire of a local government, which is blended with the love of liberty and republican forms?
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