Coutins

Coutins stood on the lower Rio Doce, where the river approaches the Atlantic coast of Espírito Santo. The Portuguese established a military post here around 1800 as they attempted to open the river to navigation and settlement. Indigenous Botocudo fighters attacked and destroyed the post in 1803. In 1809 Governor Manuel Vieira de Albuquerque Tovar founded the settlement of Linhares on its ruins while intensifying the campaign against the Indigenous inhabitants.