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Attack of French Villegagnon island by the Portuguese on 15 March 1560.The acclamation ceremony of King John VI of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 6 February 1818Port of the Mineiros in Rio de JaneiroView of Rio de Janeiro from the church of the monastery of São Bento c. 1820
Several years after the Portuguese first explored Brazil, French traders in search of pau-brasil (a type of brazilwood) reached the rich area extending from the Cape Frio coast to the beaches and islands of Guanabara Bay, the economic and, above all, strategic importance of which was already well-known.
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