User:DAR7/sandbox/History of Brazil/Captaincy of Our Lady of the Rosary of Paranaguá

The Captaincy of Our Lady of the Rosary of Paranaguá was an former state that existed in Portuguese America from 1656 until 1709 and that gave origin to the coastal region of the present Brazilian states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, southern region of the country. It was founded by the Marquis of Cascais in 1656 and replaced the Captaincy of Santana, which began at the mouth of the bay of Paranaguá and ends at the current town of Laguna, with limits to the Captaincy of Santo Amaro (part of the second section of Captaincy of São Vicente) to the north, the Atlantic Ocean[./Capitania_de_Nossa_Senhora_do_Rosário_de_Paranaguá#cite_note-:7-7 [7] ] to the east and the Government of the Rio de la Plata and Paraguay to the west, extinct states delimited by the Treaty of Tordesilhas.