<P> In this early stage of the colonization of Brazil, and also later, the Portuguese frequently relied on the help of Europeans who lived together with the indigenous people and knew their languages and culture . The most famous of these were the Portuguese João Ramalho, who lived among the Guaianaz tribe near today's São Paulo, and Diogo Álvares Correia, nicknamed Caramuru, who lived among the Tupinambá natives near today's Salvador da Bahia . </P> <P> Over time, the Portuguese realized that some European countries, especially France, were also sending excursions to the land to extract brazilwood . Worried about foreign incursions and hoping to find mineral riches, the Portuguese crown decided to send large missions to take possession of the land and combat the French . In 1530, an expedition led by Martim Afonso de Sousa arrived in Brazil to patrol the entire coast, ban the French, and create the first colonial villages like São Vicente on the coast . </P> <P> At first, Brazil was set up as fifteen private, hereditary captaincies . Pernambuco succeeded by growing sugarcane . São Vicente prospered by dealing in indigenous slaves . The other thirteen captaincies failed, leading the king to make colonization a royal effort rather than a private one . In 1549, Tomé de Sousa sailed to Brazil to establish a central government . De Sousa brought along Jesuits, who set up missions, saved many natives from slavery, studied native languages, and converted many natives to Roman Catholicism . The Jesuits' work to pacify a hostile tribe helped the Portuguese expel the French from a colony they had established at present - day Rio de Janeiro . </P> <P> The first attempt to colonize Brazil followed the system of hereditary captaincies (Capitanias Hereditárias), which had previously been used successfully in the colonization of Madeira Island . The costs were transferred to private hands, saving the Portuguese crown from the high costs of colonization . Thus, between 1534 and 1536 King John III divided the land into 15 captaincy colonies, which were given to Portuguese noblemen who wanted and had the means to administer and explore them . The captains were granted ample powers to administer and profit from their possessions . </P>

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