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Companhia Geral do Grão-Pará e Maranhão

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Companhia Geral do Grão-Pará e Maranhão

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A privileged company is chartered to expand northern colonial commerce

📅 7 June 1755

On 7 June 1755, a royal charter confirmed the Companhia Geral do Grão-Pará e Maranhão. The company received commercial privileges as the Crown sought to draw the northern region more tightly into...