Cristóvão Lins

Cristóvão Lins
Christoph Linz
Born1529 (1529)
Dorndorf, Holy Roman Empire
OccupationMerchant
EmployerFugger family
Known forExploration and colonization of the Captaincy of Pernambuco
SpouseAdriana de Holanda
Children4
FamilyLins

Christoph Linz von Dondorf (born 1529), also known in Brazil as Cristóvão Lins, is a German merchant known for exploring the Captaincy of Pernambuco, where he implemented the first engenhos and stablished the Lins family in Colonial Brazil. He was also part of the Potiguara War, and helped to expel, enslave and exterminate the Potiguaras and Caetés.

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