Conquista do Pará

Conquista do Pará (region initially called pa'ra, from Tupi-Guarani: "river-sea"), also called the Império das Amazonas (in English: Amazonas Empire), now the Brazilian state of Pará, was an indigenous territory transformed into Portuguese colonial territory in 1615 by the military man and nobleman Alexandre de Moura, at the beginning of the colonization of the Amazon and conquest of the Amazon River. It was located in the then Captaincy of Maranhão (1534-1621).

The Captaincy of Maranhão had 75 leagues of coastline, extending from the Bay of All Saints to the mouth of the da Cruz River, covering the northeastern area of the current state of Maranhão, the eastern region of the Conquista do Pará (where Belém is today), and the island of Marajó.

In 1621, the Conquista do Pará was transformed into the Captaincy of Grão Pará and the State of Maranhão, consolidating Portuguese rule in the Amazon.