Salvador Correia de Sá e Benevides (1594 in Rio de Janeiro or 1602 in Cádiz – January 1, 1688 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese admiral and crown administrator. In 1625 he fought the Dutch invasion of Salvador in Brazil and regained Angola and São Tomé Island from the Dutch in 1647. He was the governor of Rio de Janeiro, parts of Southern Brazil and Angola.
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1602 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Kingdom of Portugal or Cádiz, Kingdom of Spain
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1 January 1688 (aged 85) Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal
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