Mem de Sá, who is the consolidator…

1564 CE to 1575 CE

Mem de Sá, who is the consolidator of Portuguese Brazil, deals successfully with the French threat in addition to dealing with labor supply.

The French have continued to attack Portuguese shipping and to maintain interest in a permanent colony.

Noting that Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay has not been occupied, Vice Admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, a French navigator, leads a mix of Huguenots and Catholic here in 1555 to establish a colony, France Antarctique, on Ilha de Sergipe.

His Utopian dream of finding a religious refuge for Protestants and Catholics fails after a decade.

Despite their good relations with the natives, the French cannot withstand the Portuguese assaults that begin in 1565.

This year, to ensure future control of the bay, Mem de Sá founds the city of Rio de Janeiro, which becomes the second royal captaincy.

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Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil View →

People
Mem de Sá View → Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon View →

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Caeté people View → Tupinambá View → Brazil, Indigenous people in View → Portuguese people View → French people (Latins) View → Aimoré people View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → France, (Valois) Kingdom of View → Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → Portuguese Empire View → Brazil, Colonial View → Protestantism View → Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus View → Huguenots (the “Reformed”) View → France Antarctique View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View →

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Age of Discovery View → Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese View → Colonization of the Americas, French View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View →

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Gem materials View → Colorants View → Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Lumber View →

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Origins View → Exploration View → Faith View → Government View →

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