Original sentence: Before the discovery of Brazil (1500), there were captaincies under the possession of the Portuguese in the Atlantic OceanMadeira and the Azores Islands as well as in other island and settlements along the African coast
Edited sentence: Before the discovery of Brazil (1500), there were captaincies under the possession of the Portuguese in the Atlantic Ocean (Madeira and the Azores Islands) as well as in other island and settlements along the African coast