Title: Diogo Álvares, o Caramuru
Description: Diogo Álvares Correia (1475?-1557), called Caramuru by the Tupinamba, was a Portuguese settler who founded a settlement called Vila Velha and married Paraguaçu (or Paraguassu), the daughter of the Indian chief.
Subjects: Tupinamba Indians, Biography, History
Places: Bahia (Brazil : State), Rio Vermelho (Salvador, Brazil)
People: Paraguaçu (d. 1587), Caramuru (d. 1557)