Thomé de Sousa

Portuguese colonial administrator; 1st governor-general of Brazil

1503 CE to 1579 CE

Thomé de Sousa (1503-1579) is the first governor-general of Brazil from 1549 to 1553, when it is a Portuguese colony.

He is a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim.

Sousa was born a half-breed noble and participated in military expeditions in Africa, fought the Moors and commanded the Nau Conceição to India, part of the armada of Fernão de Andrade.

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