Some accounts claim that the Second Brazil…

January 1502 CE

Some accounts claim that the Second Brazil Expedition had passed Cape Sao Tome and gone on along the southern coast, with Coelho making the first European sighting of Guanabara Bay.

According to tradition, he enters it on January 1, 1502, and, thinking that it is a river, names it Rio de Janeiro ("river of January").

The region of Rio is inhabited by the Tupi, Puri, Aimoré (Botocudo) and Maxakalí peoples.

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Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil View →

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Amerigo Vespucci View → Gonçalo Coelho View → Manuel I of Portugal View →

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Tupi people (Amerind tribe) View → Purí people View → Aimoré people View → Tupiniquim people View → Brazil, Colonial View →

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Age of Discovery View → Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese View →

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Fish and game View → Weapons View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Lumber View → Land View → Tobacco View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Exploration View → Government View → Finance View →

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