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Diogo Álvares, o Caramuru

by Ubaldo Marques Porto Filho

Cover of Diogo Álvares, o Caramuru

Diogo Álvares Correia (1475?-1557), called Caramuru by the Tupinamba, was a Portuguese settler who founded a settlement called Vila Velha and married Paraguaçu (or Paraguassu), the daughter of the Indian chief.

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