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Martim Afonso de Sousa, when disembarking in 1531, baptized this
island of "Tynharéa", that the bahian people transformed into
Island of "Tinharé".
The Tinharé Island is situated to the north of the archipelago
of the Bay of "Camamu", south of the state of Bahia, known
region as "Tabuleiro Valenciano" (Valencian Tray), or Coast of
the "Dendê". Because of its privileged geographic localization,
it was scene of innumerable attacks of French and Dutch
squadrons, true zone of privateers and pirates during the
colonial period.
Under the jurisdiction of the captainship of "São Jorge dos Ilhéus",
"Jorge de
Figueiredo Correa" received the property from "D.João III" e
assigned "Francisco Romero" for the colonization of lands. The
constant attacks of the indians" aimorés" and "tupiniquins" to
the continental population of the region they had favored the
fast population of the islands and, in 1535, it was born in the
north of the island the village "Morro de São Paulo".
Morro de São Paulo protected the call "false entrance of Baía de
Todos os Santos", strategical entrance for the Canal of
Itaparica until the Fort of Saint Antonio (current "Farol da
Barra"). The "canal de Tinharé" was essential in the draining of
the production of the main centers for the supplying of the
Salvador City. The geographic importance of the island during
the colonial period justifies the historical monument wealth,
that today they are protected by the "Patrimônio Histórico Nacional"
(National Historic Patrimony).
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