Complex sentence: São Vicente is a city at the beaches of Southern São Paulo, Brazil, it was the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas and the first capital of the Captaincy of São Vicente, now the state of São Paulo.
Split into simpler sentences: São Vicente is a city at the beaches of Southern São Paulo, Brazil. It was the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas and the first capital of the Captaincy of São Vicente, now the state of São Paulo.