The origin of the name comes from the Tupi words uyba (arrows or canoes) and tuba (many). Ubatuba was the place where the Portuguese signed
the first treaty of peace of the Americas with the Tupinambá Indians (The Treaty
of Peace of Yperoig - Tratado de Paz de Iperoig), a treaty that kept Brazil in
Portuguese hands, with only one language and one faith (Catholicism). Back in
the 16th century the Tupinambá families were forced into slavery, working on
sugar cane plantations along the Southern Shores surrounding the
