Baltasar Fernandes
Captain Baltasar Fernandes (also spelled Baltazar or Balthazar) (c.1580 - ~1667) was a Portuguese colonist of Brazil who led the expeditions called Bandeirantes into the interior seeking gold, silver, and iron. He was the founder and one of the first settlers of Sorocaba in 1654.
Early life
Fernandes was born in São Paulo and raised in Santana do Parnaíba. He was the brother of the founder of Itu, Domingos Fernandes, and founder of Parnaíba, André Fernandes. He married Maria de Zunega of Paraguay, daughter of Bartolomeu de Torales with whom he had a daughter, Mary Torales. After being widowed, married Isabel de Proenca, daughter of João de Abreu who had twelve sons.
He began as a bandeirante (or pioneer) who would gather natives in Rio Grande do Sul and Paraguay to work in the fields.
Founding of Sorocaba
Baltasar Fernandes and his son, Captain Andrew of Zunéga Y Leon, along with his family and hundreds of captive native slaves, founded the city of Sorocaba on 15 August 1654.
Balthazar
Balthazar (also spelled Balthasar or Baltazar) may refer to:
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Baltasar (Portuguese footballer)
Vítor Manuel Jesus Gonçalves (born 13 May 1948 in Almada), known as Baltasar, is a former Portuguese footballer who played as forward.
Football career
Baltasar gained 1 cap for Portugal, against Switzerland 30 March 1977 in Funchal, in a 1-0 victory.
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Fernandes
Fernandes is a Portuguese surname. The Spanish version of this surname is Fernández. The name is a patronymic form of the Portuguese and Spanish personal name Fernando.
People with the surname Fernandes include
Fernandes Guitars
Fernandes Guitars is a guitar and accessory manufacturer, that originated in Japan in 1969, building flamenco guitars. As the company grew it expanded production to include more acoustic guitars, electric guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers, and accessories to become one of the biggest guitar manufacturers in Japan. Fernandes also owns a brand for Gibson replicas: Burny.
Despite its high production figures, Fernandes is better known in the United States for its Sustainer system, which uses electromagnetism to vibrate a string for an extended period, so long as the user continues to fret a note. Unlike the similar manual E-Bow sustainer, the Fernandes Sustainer can be used with a standard plectrum, because the sustainer is imbedded in the body of guitar. Fernandes' custom shop has installed numerous Sustainers into guitars built by other manufacturers.
Fernandes continues to manufacture guitars, that cover the range from inexpensive starter models to custom instruments.
In 2000, Fernandes made a guitar to promote the video game UmJammer Lammy, similar to Lammy's guitars.
