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
Statue of Tomé de Sousa at Tomé de Sousa Square, Salvador, Brazil
State of Brazil
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The State of Brazil or Government-General of Brazil was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire in the Americas during the period of Colonial Brazil. in force between 1548 and 1815. Created in the
The Paço dos Vice-Reis, today the Paço Imperial, administrative seat of the State of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro after 1763.
State of Brazil, 1549.
Rio Branco Palace (Salvador) of 1919 at Praça Tomé de Sousa, where the former Casa do Governo stood, seat of the government-general of the State of Brazil (from 1549 to 1763).