Portuguese town of Póvoa de Varzim, most of its seafarers dying abroad, most of the deaths occurred in the Route of the Antilles, in the West Indies. At the turn of the 17th century, with the union with Castile, the Spanish kings favored the free movement of the people, and other lands of the New World, such as Peru and the Gulf of Mexico, were open to the Portuguese merchants. Colonization of Uruguay and Venezuela The Portuguese founded the first Uruguayan city, Colónia do Sacramento, and Guanare in Venezuela. See also Atlantic World Barbados Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery Portuguese Guyanese Colonial Brazil Portuguese in Mexico Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (archives in Lisbon documenting Portuguese Empire, including the Americas) Former colonies and territories in Canada History of Brazil Jesuit Reductions Portugal in the period of discoveries João Vaz Corte-Real References External links The Corte-Real explorations of North America in the official Library and Archives Canada website. Colonial Brazil European colonization of the Americas Portuguese exploration in the Age of Discovery