The Capitania of Grão-Pará, in English Captaincy of Grão-Pará was one of the administrative units of Colonial Brazil, created in 1621 along with the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, from the evolution of the Conquista do Pará a Portuguese colonial territory created in 1616 by Alexandre de Moura in the Captaincy of Maranhão. Wikipedia