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| Sá, Mem de |
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(m N d sä) (KEY) , d. 1572, Portuguese colonial official, governor-general of Brazil (1557?1572). He drove (1567) the French colony from Guanabara Bay and founded the city of Rio de Janeiro at its site. |
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