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Colecc. de doc. ... de ultramar, tomos i., iv., vi.; Ducéré: Les corsaires sous l'ancien régime. Append. II.; Duro., op. cit., i. Append. XIV.

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Colecc. de doc. ... de ultramar, tom. vi. p. 22.

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Ibid., p. 23.

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Marcel, op. cit., p. 16.

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Colecc. de doc. ... de ultramar, tom. vi. p. 360.

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Colecc. de doc. ... de ultramar, tom. vi. p. 360.

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Lucas: A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, vol. ii. pp. 37, 50.

Footnote 59: [(return)]

Weiss, op. cit., ii. p. 292.

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Duro, op. cit., iii. ch. xvi.; iv. chs. iii., viii.

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Portugal between 1581 and 1640 was subject to the Crown of Spain, and Brazil, a Portuguese colony, was consequently within the pale of Spanish influence and administration.