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Pedro Álvares Cabral

Born 1467. Pedro Álvares Cabral. A Portuguese Explorer First European to land in Brazil. Quick Facts. Pedro had 6 Children. Had a wife named Isabel de Castro. His religion was Roman Catholic. His occupation was a Fleet Commander for the Kingdom of Portugal. His nationality was Portuguese.

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Pedro Álvares Cabral

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  1. Born 1467 Pedro Álvares Cabral A Portuguese Explorer First European to land in Brazil.

  2. Quick Facts • Pedro had 6 Children. • Had a wife named Isabel de Castro. • His religion was Roman Catholic. • His occupation was a Fleet Commander for the Kingdom of Portugal. • His nationality was Portuguese.

  3. Quick Facts(cont) • He was the third son of Fernao Cabral. • Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, explorer, and navigator. • Cabral had a patron named King Manuel I. • Bartolomeu Dias was one of his officers. • He was the 1st European to see brazil on April 22, 1500.

  4. Expedition • King Manuel I sent Cabral on an expedition to India. • Cabral's 13 ships left on March 9, 1500. • On April 22, 1500, he sighted what is now called Brazil. • He Claimed the land for Portugal and named it the "Island of the True Cross.“ • Cabral stayed in Brazil for 10 days then continued on his way to India.

  5. Expedition(continued) • He encountered storms, shipwrecks, and fighting along his expedition to India. • After this expedition, King Manuel appointed Vasco da Gama to head the next expedition in 1502. • In 1502 Cabral retired. • Since his voyage Pedro was having some problems, such as recurrent fever and a tremor. • He withdrew in 1509.

  6. Pedro Álvares Cabral(Death) • He spent his remaining years in Santarém, Portugal. • In 1520 Pedro Cabral Died. • Cabral died of unspecified causes. • He was buried in a monastery in Santarém, Portugal. • In 1848 his tomb was identified by the Brazilian historian, Francisco Adolfo Varnhagen.

  7. Christopher Columbus Born 1451. Spanish Explorer, Navigator, and Colonizer. Born in present day Italy. Had 2 children. His religion was Roman Catholic.

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  9. Expeditions • Christopher had 4 voyages. • 1st voyage: • Land was sighted at 2 a.m. October 12th, 1492, Columbus called the island San Salvador. • 2nd voyage: • Columbus left Cádiz on September 24, 1493 with 17 ships carrying supplies, and about 1,200 men to look for new territories. • 3rd voyage: • On May 30, 1498, Columbus left with six ships from Spain, and led the ships to the island of Porto Santo. • 4th voyage: • In search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean, with 3 ships.

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