When they spotted the narrow entrance to the bay, on January 1, 1502, the fleet – which had Amerigo Vespucci among its crew – believed they were looking at the mouth of a river. Hence the name "Rio de Janeiro."
TheexpeditionofGaspardeLemosarrivesatGuanabaraBay
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Rio Memórias
Outras memórias
Memória 1 de 2: Monarco, honorary president of Portela, dies