The Portuguese arrived in the Kingdom of Kotte in 1505. By 1594 they had appointed a captain-general to control the Portuguese occupied territory called Portuguese Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous captain-generals until 1658. The post of captain-general was preceded by that of the captain-major in 1551 and before that by the captain in 1518.
List of governors
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of monarchs of Sri Lanka
- List of captains of Portuguese Ceylon
- List of captain-majors of Portuguese Ceylon
- History of Sri Lanka