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Adriano Plotzky departs Aracaju, Sergipe, aboard his sailboat and sails to São Cristóvão, the fourth-oldest city in Brazil, founded in 1590 and the original capital of Sergipe before Aracaju took that role in 1855.▶ 8:22 The title's claim holds: São Cristóvão contains Brazil's first Christ the Redeemer statue, predating the famous Rio de Janeiro monument.▶ 27:01 Before leaving, Plotzky repairs a broken stern navigation light — water had entered the housing, corroding the fitting — replacing the unit and planning to seal and waterproof it against salt accumulation.▶ 2:16 He also installs a new Starlink antenna before departure.▶ 3:40 A jellyfish invasion in the Rio Vasa Barris prevents hull cleaning; biologist Andréia Beltrão of the Administração Estadual do Meio Ambiente links the bloom to record Atlantic Ocean temperatures, and jellyfish-related burns reported to fire departments jumped 554% from 2023 to 2024.▶ 1:12 In São Cristóvão, Plotzky visits the Museu, the Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Vitória (built 1608, the oldest church in Sergipe), and a church whose construction ran from 1693 to 1793, its interior gold-leafed throughout.▶ 9:13 He examines cannons from the War of Canudos and reflects on how the city's loss of capital status inadvertently preserved its colonial architecture and historical record.▶ 15:06

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