Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. From 1763 to 1960, it was also the capital of Brazil.[1]
History
On 14 May 1501, on his third voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, Amerigo Vespucci reached Rio de Janeiro Bay and Río de la Plata.[2]
By 1719, the Templars had a safehouse located in Rio de Janeiro. Grand Master Laureano de Torres y Ayala planned to use it to store blood vials containing the blood of members of their Order,[3] including his own (though he secretly used the blood of his bodyguard El Tiburón),[4] Woodes Rogers and Benjamin Hornigold.[3] However, the Portuguese fleet carrying the case of blood vials was ambushed by the pirate Edward Kenway and his Jackdaw crew, at the behest of Bartholomew Roberts, and the vials never reached their destination.[5]
In the early 18th century, Rio's port was a hub for learning about business opportunities with merchants,[6] as much as it was also filled with rich outlaws.[7] The Caribbean-based pirate Edward Kenway sent his fleet to trade with both groups in the city.[6][7]
During the Seven Years' War, the Templar Shay Cormac sent ships filled with spies to the city in order to help further Templar influence.[8] As the Templars established a foothold over the city, they requested another shipload of spies.[9]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Rogue (mentioned only)
References
- ↑
Rio de Janeiro on Wikipedia
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: The Man Behind the Name
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Imagine My Surprise
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Tainted Blood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Black Bart's Gambit
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Edward Kenway's fleet: "A Feast of Riches"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Edward Kenway's fleet: "Outlaws III"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – The Naval Campaign: "January Spies"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – The Naval Campaign: "The Brazilian Job"