In late December 1519, the fleet stopped at Rio de Janeiro, despite explicit royal orders to avoid Portuguese-controlled lands. Magellan judged the stop necessary for rest and resupply, knowing that Portugal had no permanent settlement there and that the local Tamoio people were friendly. His Portuguese pilot, João Lopes Carvalho, had prior ties to the region and even reunited with a child claimed as his son, who later sailed across the Pacific as the first Brazilian to do so. During their stay, Antonio Pigafetta, an Italian supernumerary that would write the most detailed account of the expedition, vividly recorded the crew’s encounters with indigenous culture, trade practices, and natural abundance. Magellan enforced royal decrees requiring respectful treatment of the natives, though discipline within the fleet was already strained by earlier disputes. After thirteen days, the fleet departed amidst crew complaints, soon crossing the Tordesillas demarcation line, which separated Spanish and Portuguese hemispheres.