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Araribóia (old spelling: Ararigboya) is the founder of the city of
From Arariboia to Martim Afonso: the Native change in the waters of the Guanabara Bay
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Araribóia (old spelling: Ararigboya) is the founder of the city of Niterói
Niterói (, ) is a municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area. It was the state capital, as ...
, in Brazil
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. In Tupi, his name means "ferocious snake".
He was the leader of the Temiminó tribe, which inhabited the territory of the present Espírito Santo
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state and came to Rio de Janeiro
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in 1564, with Estácio de Sá
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's fleet. Under his leadership, the tribe assisted the Portuguese
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in their war with France
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for total control of the Guanabara Bay
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. After their victory, Araribóia remained in Rio de Janeiro until 1573, when his tribe officially received the lands across the Guanabara Bay on November 22.
Araribóia also received the title of knight
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of the Order of Christ, Captain of the village (Capitão-Mor), a salary of 12,000 réis per year and a piece of clothing that had belonged to King Sebastian
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He was the son of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and hi ...
of Portugal
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.
In 1568 he received the Christian name of Martim Afonso, to honour Martim Afonso de Sousa
Martim Afonso de Sousa ( – 21 July 1564) was a Portuguese ''fidalgo'', explorer and colonial administrator.
Life
Born in Vila Viçosa, he was commander of the first official Portuguese expedition into mainland of the colony of Brazil. Threa ...
. He died in 1589.
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From Arariboia to Martim Afonso: the Native change in the waters of the Guanabara Bay
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