do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba is the third most densely populated state
The General Company of PernambucoandParaíba (Portuguese: Companhia Geral de Pernambuco e Paraíba) was a privileged monopoly company created by the Marquis
Virginia, after Elizabeth I, and it stretched from present-day Maine to the Carolinas. The company's shareholders were Londoners, and it was distinguished from
Paraíba includes the captaincies of Itamaracá and Rio Grande, part of the area that forms present-day Paraíba, and the captaincies of Pernambucoand Bahia
the Captaincy of Pernambuco. The revolution occurred in the course of the second Dutch invasion during the Dutch–Portuguese War and resulted in the expulsion