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Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado
Francisco Xavier de Mendonça Furtado was a Portuguese administrator, brother of the Marquis of Pombal, who governed the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão from 1751 to 1759. He led the demarcation of the Amazon borders under the Treaty of Madrid, curtailed the Jesuit missions and set up a trading company. He later became Portugal's secretary of state for the navy and colonies.
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