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Martim Afonso de Sousa. Portrait of Martim Afonso de Sousa in Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu , c. 1560. b. Tristão de Sousa. b. Isabel Lopes de Sousa. Martim Afonso de Sousa ( c. 1500 – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. [1] [2]
Apr 9, 2024 · Martim Afonso de Sousa (born c. 1500, Vila Viçosa, Portugal—died July 21, 1564, Lisbon) was a Portuguese admiral who commanded the first colonizing expedition to Brazil (1530–33). After destroying a French trading post in the territory of Pernambuco, Sousa founded the first two permanent Portuguese settlements in Brazil in 1532.
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Martim Afonso era filho primogênito de Lopo de Souza, alcaide-mor de Bragança. Passou ao serviço do rei Manuel I em 1516 e, em 1530, foi incumbido pelo seu filho João III de comandar a armada que haveria de expulsar os franceses da costa da América portuguesa, e iniciar a colonização efetiva do território.
May 29, 2018 · Martim Afonso de Sousa (ca. 1500-1564) was a Portuguese colonizer and viceroy who founded the first permanent Portuguese settlement in South America, and served as viceroy of India. The exact date of the birth of Martim Afonso de Sousa remains unknown, but some authorities arbitrarily give 1500.
Martim Afonso de Sousa was the first captain - major of Brazil ("capitão-mor da armada e da terra do Brasil", with powers equivalent to those of a governor), Tomé de Sousa was the first formal Governor General of Brazil, Pedro Lopes de Sousa was the 1st Governor of Portuguese Ceylon and Thome de Sousa Arronches was a Captain of the Portuguese ...
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Martim Afonso de Sousa (b. 1500; d. 1564), Portuguese navigator and explorer. In 1531 he was the commander in chief of a naval and military expedition to Brazil whose purpose was fighting the French who were trying to settle along the Brazilian coast.
Entre as mais conhecidas estão a dominação da ilha de Repelina e o banimento do rajá de Calicute. Martim Afonso de Sousa tornou-se vice-rei das Índias no ano de 1542. Um ano depois, voltou para seu país de origem e tornou-se importante personalidade nas decisões do conselho de Portugal.
