Fernão Dias Feed

Fernão Dias Feed (São Paulo, SP, C. 1608 - Sertão of MG 1681), Bandeirante paulist was known like the " Hunter of Émeraudes"

Discoverer of forests of Brazil, it came from rich and influential family from the company paulist, and wire of Pedro Dias Leme E of Maria Leite.

In 1628, he took up the duty of Controller of revenues of the Municipal council.

He took part in famous the will bandeira of Antônio Raposo Tavares in the South of Brazil in 1638.

Defender of the expulsion of the Jésuites, which were not agreement with the Esclavage of the Brazilian native, it left for a news will bandeira of 1644 with 1646, this time in the interior paulist.

In 1650, it managed the construction of the Monastère of São Bento in the town of São Paulo and was ordinary judge the following year.

In 1653, it organized a reconciliation between Paulistes and Jésuites, but organized a new forwarding inside in the search of Indians for slavery. It returned in 1665 with more than 4 thousand Indians whom it did not manage to sell.

In 1671, it accepted the order of the governor Afonso Furtado of Castro to penetrate in the interior to seek it emerald S of mythical the Serra of Sabarabuçu. Its will bandeira was preceded by that of Bartolomeu da Cunha Gago and of Matias Cardoso de Almeida. It started from São Paulo only on June 21st, 1674, 66 years old, accompanied of more than 600 men (approximately 40 white and the remainder of the Indians), between-them his/her son Garcia Rodrigues Pais, and his/her son-in-law Borba Gato.

After having traversed during four years a length traverses in the grounds which currently belong to the State of Minas Gerais, it there founded some villages and found a batch of green stones. The stones were not emeralds but many Tourmaline S but Fernão Dias died of fever in the forest, being unaware of its error.
Il is buried with the monastery of São Bento of which he was the largest giver.

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