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Caramuru (-1557) was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact with the native Tupinambá population in modern-day Brazil and was instrumental in the early colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese crown. Notably, Caramuru's native-born wife, Catarina Paraguaçu, was the first South American native to be received in France in 1526. He and Catarina became the first Christian family in Brazil and had three children: Gaspar, Gabriel and Jorge, all named knights by Tomé de Sousa.

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Person.name
Caramuru
Person.image
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Person.caption
Sculpture by Eduardo de Sá
Person.birth_name
Diogo Álvares Correia
Person.birth_date
c. 1475
Person.birth_place
Viana do Castelo, Kingdom of Portugal
Person.death_date
5 October 1557
Person.death_place
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Person.occupation
Explorer and settler
Person.spouse
Catarina Paraguaçu

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Diogo Álvares Correia
date of death
1557-10-05
date of birth
1475-00-00
nickname
Caramuru
pseudonym
Caramuru
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Caramuru (-1557) was the Tupi name of the Portuguese colonist Diogo Álvares Correia, who is notable for being the first European to establish contact with the native Tupinambá population in modern-day Brazil and was instrumental in the early colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese crown. Notably, Caramuru's native-born wife, Catarina Paraguaçu, was the first South American native to be received in France in 1526. He and Catarina became the first Christian family in Brazil and had three children: Gaspar, Gabriel and Jorge, all named knights by Tomé de Sousa.

==Life== Correia was born in Viana do Castelo. He departed to the Portuguese colony of Brazil in 1509, probably aboard a French vessel. His ship wrecked, probably in the reefs off Rio Vermelho, and Correia found himself alone among the Tupinambá Indians. They called him "Caramuru", meaning "moray". Correia married Paraguaçu or Paraguassu, the daughter of Morubixaba (the Tupinamba's word for chief) Taparica.

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