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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 227. Not illustrated. Chapters: Settlements Established in 1550, Settlements Established in 1551, Settlements Established in 1552, Settlements Established in 1553, Settlements Established in 1554, Settlements Established in 1555, Settlements Established in 1556, Settlements Established in 1557, Settlements Established in 1558, Helsinki, Acapulco, Concepcion, Chile, Portlaoise, Sao Paulo, Merida, Merida, Valdivia, Chile, Valledupar, Barquisimeto, Cuenca, Ecuador, Vitoria, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Osorno, Chile, Fresnillo, Matagalpa, Sao Bernardo Do Campo, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Santiago Del Estero, Santa Fe, Veraguas, Demographics of Sao Paulo, Santo Andre, Sao Paulo, Angol, Embu, Villarrica, Chile, Arauco, Chile, Cisna, Azogues, Sao Paulo Dos Campos de Piratininga, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Hiers-Brouage, Kamienne, Khvalynsk, Alatyr, Sviyazhsk, Nova Almeida, Espirito Santo, La Imperial, Chile, Shatsk, Russia, Marsh Green, Kent. Excerpt: Sao Paulo - Proclamacao da Independencia (Announcement of Independence), an oil on carvas by Francois-Rene Moreaux showing his idealized version of Dom Pedro I proclaiming the Independence of Brazil.The first coastal settlement in Brazil, Sao Vicente was founded in 1532. It was the first permanent Portuguese colony in the New World. Twenty two years later the Tibirica Chief and Jesuit missionaries Manuel da Nobrega and Jose de Anchieta founded the village of Sao Paulo dos Campos de Piratininga 68 kilometres (42 mi) inland from Sao Vicente, on January 25, 1554. The clergymen established a mission at the Colegio de Sao Paulo de Piratininga, aimed at converting the Tupi-Guarani indigenous Brazilians to the Catholic faith, as well as make it easier for the Portuguese crown to rule them. Anchieta is said to have killed a native, which brings a degree of protest from Indian rights groups against his canoniz...