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Rio & surroundings: Angra dos Reis.(The Southeast)
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- Brazil Adventure Guide
- Article date:
- January 1, 2008
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Angra dos Reis means "Little Harbor of the Kings," a name given by the Portuguese explorers who arrived here in 1502 during the king's day festival. They soon realized this little harbor is in fact part of a gigantic bay that would prove vital to European colonization in the years ahead.
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In 1559, the first European settlement got underway in Vila Velha, facing Ilha da Gipoia. In 1624, the settlement migrated closer to the Carmo Convent mission and became Angra dos Reis. The colonists suffered constantly from raids by pirates and the hostile natives (the Tupinamba and Goiana) and the unpredictable storms that still sweep away entire ...
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