In the seventeenth century , the port of Salvador was one of the busiest and most important of the continent, and it was necessary to help the vessels that arrived at the Bay of All Saints in search of Brazil wood and other wood -in-law , sugar, cotton , tobacco and other items, to supply the European consumer market .rnrnAt the end of this century, after the tragic sinking of the Galleon Blessed Sacrament , captaincy of the General Company Fleet Brazil Trade , in front sandbar at the mouth of the Red River, May 5, 1668 , Santo Antonio Barra Fort was rebuilt from 1696, during the General Government of John of Lancaster ( 1694-1702 ) , been receiving a beacon - a square tower surmounted by a bronze glazed lantern , fed whale oil - according to the Institute geographic and History of Bahia , the first in Brazil and the oldest of the continent ( 1698 ) , when it began to be called Lookout Bar or Farol da Barra .
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