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Captaincies of Brazil refers to a period of Brazilian colonial history from 1534 to 1554. In 1534, the Kingdom of Portugal partitioned Colonial Brazil into fifteen seperate hereditary captaincies, which were sold to private entrepreneurs on the condition that they erect settler colonies in their allotments. Only two of the captaincies (São Vicente and Pernambuco) had any measure of success. The experiment was declared a failure in 1554, and Brazil reverted to the Portuguese crown.