at a glance

up to the end of the 15th century, the tamoio indians used paquetá as hunting and living grounds.

although the portuguese discovered guanabara bay in 1502, its large extension would still take several years to be fully explored.

that meant that some of portugal's rivals in the worldwide colonization efforts could still try and secure more lands for their home countries - and so they did.

the discovery of paquetá island precedes the foundation of the city of rio by ten years.