It surely didn't last very long. The captaincies where donated to rich men and they didn't have interest in moving to live in the inhospitable America nor to invest in economical production. São Vicente and Pernambuco were the only ones to be prosperous, due to brazilwood and sugarcane exploration. But funnyfact: most of the states from Northeast still kinda follow this horizontal-stripes, but now adapted to follow geography accidents (look for Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba).
Also, not-so-funny-fact, some descendants from the rich men still have possessions over parts of these lands (they were divided into allotments, which turned into latifundiums and still being rural lands). Land/agrarian issues are for sure the biggest problem in the history of Brazil.
Also, not-so-funny-fact, some descendants from the rich men still have possessions over parts of these lands (they were divided into allotments, which turned into latifundiums and still being rural lands). Land/agrarian issues are for sure the biggest problem in the history of Brazil.