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Mem de Sá
Mem de Sá was the third governor-general of Portuguese Brazil, serving from 1557 until his death in 1572. With Jesuit support he attacked France Antarctique in Guanabara Bay in 1560 and fought the Tamoio. His nephew Estácio de Sá founded Rio de Janeiro in 1565, and the French were finally driven out in 1567.
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