INFORMAÇÃO DAS TERRAS DO CAMAMU NO ANO DE 1586. MANUSCRITO SOBRE A SESMARIA DOS JESUÍTAS

Abstract:
The   manuscript   “Information   of   Camamu
Lands for Our Reverend Father General” is a
document belonging to the Archivum Romanum
Societatis   Iesu   (ARSI)   collection   housed   in
Vatican  Library  in  Rome.  It  was  written  in
Spanish  in  the  year  1586.  The  author  was  a
priest  of  the  Jesus  Society  who  was  somehow
connected   to   the   former   College   of   Bahia.
The  document  examines  the  legal  quality  of
possession  and  the  dominion  of  the  Camamu
sesmaria, donated to the Company of Jesus by
Mem de Sá, in light of the conflicts raised by the
grantee  of  the  Captaincy  of  Ilhéus,  Francisco
Giraldes. It explains with clarity and a certain
novelty   the   legal   interpretation   around   the
sesmaria system.

Keywords: Sesmaria; Camamu; Jesuits; Ilhéus;
Captaincy