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Antonio Cabral De Melo
Antonio Cabral de Melo (1646 – 1717) was a landowner, farmer, and provincial militia captain in what was then the Viceroyalty of Peru. A farmer and rancher by trade, he eventually secured the position of ''accionero'', which granted him the authority to slaughter feral cattle on the '':es:Vaquería (caza), vaquerías'' (open ranches and fields) of the Río de la Plata region. Biography Antonio Román Cabral de Melo y Carbajal was born in Buenos Aires to Cristóbal Cabral de Melo, a nobleman from Vila do Porto, and María de Carbajal, a member of a distinguished family. He was baptized on March 11, 1646, with Captain Diego Gutiérrez de Humanes and Leonor Carbajal serving as his godparents. He married Leonor Morales, the daughter of Pedro Morales y Mercado and Mariana de Manzanares. Their wedding took place in Buenos Aires' Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, Cathedral Mayor on July 13, 1671, with Juan Báez de Alpoim and Gerónima Cabral in attendance as godparents and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. Etymology The term "captain" derives from (, , or 'the topmost'), which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as capetanus/catepan, and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the late Latin "capitaneus" (which derives from the classical Latin word "caput", meaning head). This hybridized term gave rise to the English language term captain and its equivalents in other languages (, , , , , , , , , kapitány, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
