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Pero do Campo Tourinho
Pero do Campo Tourinho was a Portuguese nobleman from Viana do Castelo who received the hereditary Captaincy of Porto Seguro from King John III in 1534. He arrived with settlers in 1535 and founded Porto Seguro and other villages. His settlers denounced him for heresy, and in 1546 he was sent to Lisbon to face the Inquisition.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pero do Campo Tourinho. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pero-do-campo-tourinho
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