Thornton expedition
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Thornton expedition
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The Thornton expedition was a 1608 Tuscan expedition under Captain Robert Thornton, an Englishman, sent by Ferdinando I of Tuscany to explore northern Brazil and the Amazon River and prepare for the establishment of a settlement in northern coastal South America, which would serve as a base to export Brazilian wood to Renaissance Italy. The area that Thornton considered as a possible site of a Tuscan colony now lies in modern French Guiana, near Cayenne, which would be colonised by France in 163
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1608 Italian expedition in South America
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_expedition
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2023-03-17T17:35:17Z
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