Baía de Todos os Santos
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Baía de Todos os Santos (All Saints' Bay) is the main and biggest bay of the state of Bahia, Brazil (its name expanded to include all a province, now known as the state of Bahia), where the city of São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos was built. In 1501, one year after the arrival of Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet in Porto Seguro, Gaspar de Lemos arrived at Todos os Santos Bay and sailed most of the Bahia coast. But the first European man to disembark in Morro de São Paulo was Martin Alfonso de Souza, in 1531, leading an expedition encharged to explore the coast of the new continent. This bay surrounds part of the city of Salvador. The other part is surrounded by open ocean. It was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci.
Coordinates: 12°48′S 38°38′W / 12.8°S 38.633°W
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