 Seven of the fifteen provinces which composed the colony had already submitted to them, when they were suddenly checked by the revolution, which removed Philip IV from the throne of Portugal, and gave to the Portuguese independence, and a native sovereign....  A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer - Page 135by George Newenham Wright - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - America - 1823 - 532 pages
...make tliem masters of the remainder, when they werr suddenly cheeked by the revolution, which banished Philip IV. from the throne of Portugal, and gave to...Portuguese independence, and a native sovereign. The seven provinces of Brazil, which had remained unsubdued, imitated the example of the mother country,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 820 pages
...opposition seized upon Seara, Seregippe, and the major part of Babia. Seven of the fifteen provinces which composed the colony had already submitted to them, when they were checked by the revolution, which banished Philip IV. from the throne of Portugal, and gave to the Portuguese... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 612 pages
...1637, and subjected Seara, Seregippe, and the greater part of Bahia. Seven of the fifteen provinces which composed the colony had already submitted to...then, as enemies of the Spaniards, became friends to the Portuguese, and the latter confirmed the title of the Dutch to the seven provinces, of which... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1830 - 618 pages
...Seven of the fifteen provinces which composed the colony had already submitted to them, when thf y were suddenly checked by the revolution, which removed...gave to the Portuguese independence, and a native sorereign. The Dutch, then, as enemies of the Spaniards, became friends to tiltPortuguese, and the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1838 - 618 pages
...1637, and subjected Seara, Seregippe, and the greater part of Bahia. Seven of the fifteen provinces which composed the colony had already submitted to...then, as enemies of the Spaniards, became friends to the Portuguese, and the latter confirmed the title of the Dutch to the seven provinces, of which... | |
 | 1850 - 638 pages
...Babia. Seven of the fifteen provinces which composed the colony bad already submitted to them, when tbey were suddenly checked by the revolution, which removed...then, as enemies of the Spaniards, became friends to ¡he Portuguese, and the latter confirmed the title of the Dutch to the seven province?, of which... | |
 | Richard Swainson Fisher - Geography - 1852 - 752 pages
...make them masters of the remainder, when they were suddenly checked by the revolution, which banished Philip IV. from the throne of Portugal, and gave to...Portuguese independence, and a native sovereign. The seven provinces of Brazil, which had remained unsubdued, imitated the example of the mother-country,... | |
 | RICHARD S. FISHER - 1853 - 638 pages
...make them masters of the remainder, when they were suddenly checked by the revolution, which banished Philip IV. from the throne 'of Portugal, and gave...Portuguese independence, and a native sovereign. The seven provinces of Brazil, which had remained unsubdued, imitated the example of the mother-country,... | |
| |
