who founded sao luis, brazil ?
About SÃ£o Luis. SÃ£o Luis is the capital of the state of MaranhÃ£o in the tropical north-east of Brazil, located on an island off the Atlantic coast that bears the same name. It was founded in 1612 by Daniel de la Touche de la Ravardihre, a French naval officer, and named in honor of Louis XIII and was taken by the Dutch beween 1641 and 1644.