. . . "Trist\u00E3o de Sousa"@en . "Rodrigo Afonso de Sousa"@en . "In\u00EAs Pimentel"@en . . . "Gon\u00E7alo Rodrigues de Sousa"@en . . . . . . "1490"^^ . "Pedro Lopes de Sousa"@en . "Martim Afonso de Sousa"@en . . "Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 \u2013 21 July 1571) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Born in Vila Vi\u00E7osa, he was commander of the first official Portuguese expedition into mainland of the colony of Brazil. Threatened by the presence of French and Dutch ships along the coast of Brazil, the Portuguese crown in December 1530 sent a fleet with 400 people led by Martim Afonso de Sousa to establish control and explore. His mission was to place Portuguese markers as far south as the River Plate estuary, but he was shipwrecked there. He died in Lisbon in 1571."@en . "Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal"@en . "Martim Afonso de Sousa"@en . . "1542"^^ . . "Martim Afonso de Sousa (c. 1500 \u2013 21 July 1571) was a Portuguese fidalgo, explorer and colonial administrator. Born in Vila Vi\u00E7osa, he was commander of the first official Portuguese expedition into mainland of the colony of Brazil. Threatened by the presence of French and Dutch ships along the coast of Brazil, the Portuguese crown in December 1530 sent a fleet with 400 people led by Martim Afonso de Sousa to establish control and explore. His mission was to place Portuguese markers as far south as the River Plate estuary, but he was shipwrecked there. Upon return to S\u00E3o Vicente and Santos (today South America's busiest port), in 1532 he led troops guided by the native inhabitants and by earlier Portuguese settlers such as Jo\u00E3o Ramalho up the Serra do Mar mountains to the area near the future village of S\u00E3o Paulo (today South America's largest city). On the high plateau, he founded the town of Santo Andr\u00E9, today an industrial suburb of S\u00E3o Paulo. He also established a sugar mill near the coast at S\u00E3o Vicente, with sugarcane brought from the Portuguese Cape Verde islands. In both activities, Afonso de Sousa established a pattern followed by Portuguese colonizers and Brazilians for long afterward: the \"entradas\" and \"bandeiras\" \u2013 or explorations and raids into the interior \u2013 and the production of sugar along the coast for export. Sousa was the first Royal Governor of Brazil. He settled in the north-east region of the modern country. Afonso de Sousa also acquired Diu, in India for Portugal in 1535. From 1542 to 1545 he was governor of Portuguese India. He died in Lisbon in 1571."@en . . . "Martim Afonso de Sousa in Di\u00E1rio da navega\u00E7\u00E3o da armada que foi \u00E1 terra do Brasil em 1530 of P\u00EAro Lopes de Sousa"@en . "1545"^^ . . . "1571-07-21"^^ . "Brites Pimentel"@en . . . . . . . "Portuguese"@en . . "Lopo Rodrigues de Sousa"@en . . "Ana Pimentel"@en .