ABSTRACT
The Land of Brazil and travel literature: Vespucci and Quatro Navegações or Lettera a Soderini. False attribution of the discovery of Rio de Janeiro to Gaspar de Lemos and André Gonçalves. Foundation of “Feitoria do Rio de Janeiro”, called “Feitoria de Cabo Frio”. The stay of the Magellan fleet in Guanabara and the priority of the toponym “Rio de Janeiro”. João Lopes de Carvalho and his son Joãozinho “Niñito” at the Guanabara Bay factory. More and political utopia on an island in Rio de Janeiro.
Keywords:
Vespucci; Pigafetta; Rio de Janeiro (Guanabara Bay); Cabo Frio Factory (Rio de Janeiro); More; Utopia