Anchieta, Brazil

Anchieta is the surname of Father José de Anchieta (1534-1597), a Jesuit missionary, Apostle of Brazil, writer and poet. A few of the following places and things which were named after him:

• Anchieta Island, in the northern coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, famous as the place of a state prison.
• Municipality of Anchieta, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Formerly Reritiba, the place where Father Anchieta died.
• Municipality of Anchieta, state of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• Anchieta Highway, between São Paulo and Santos.
• Anchieta Palace, at Vitória, ES, Brazil.
• Fundação Padre Anchieta, educational TV and radio stations of the state of São Paulo.

Anchieta is also the name of a place in the region of Caconda, in the country of Angola, Africa. It was probably named after José de Anchieta, noted Portuguese explorer and zoologist, who studied the region and its fauna between 1866 and 1897. He and his successors described many new animal species and named for him:

• Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae), a bird.
• Anchieta's Barbet (Stactolaema anchietae), a bird.
• Anchieta's Tchagra (Tchagra anchietae), a bird.
• Anchieta's Ridged Frog (Ptychadena anchietae).
• Anchieta's Dune Lizard (Meroles anchietae).
• Anchieta's Frog (Rana anchietae).
• Anchieta's Cobra (Naja annulifera anchietae), a venomous snake.
• Anchieta's Dwarf Python (Python anchietae), a non-venomous snake.
• Anchieta's Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus anchietai), a bat.
• Anchieta's Elephantfish (Mormyrus anchietae).

There are three other historical persons with the same surname:

• Juan de Anchieta, Spanish sculptor, 1540-1588.
• Juan de Anchieta, Spanish composer, 1462-1523.
• José de Anchieta, Portuguese explorer and naturalist.