Caramuru
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Caramuru was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact with the native Tupinambá population in modern-day Brazil
Sculpture by Eduardo de Sá
Tomé de Sousa
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Tomé de Sousa was a Portuguese nobleman and soldier who served as the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 to 1553. Born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim, Sousa took part in mi
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…in France in 1526. He and Catarina became the first Christian family in Brazil and had three children: Gaspar, Gabriel and Jorge, all named knights by Tomé de Sousa…
Statue of Tomé de Sousa at Tomé de Sousa Square, Salvador, Brazil