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List of captains of Portuguese Ceylon

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in 1505. By 1518, they had appointed a captain to control the Portuguese-occupied territory called
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List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org
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Index

Portuguese
Kingdom of Kotte
Ceylon
Sri Lanka
captain-majors
governor
João da Silveira
Manuel I
Lopo de Brito
Manuel I
John III
Fernão Gomes de Lemos
John III
John III
List of monarchs of Sri Lanka
List of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon
List of captain-generals of Portuguese Ceylon
History of Sri Lanka
List of heads of state of Sri Lanka at worldstatesmen.org
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Silveira
Brito
Lemos
Captain-majors
Henriques

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