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Pedro Álvares Cabral

c. 1467–c. 1520 · 16th century

Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator who reached the coast of Brazil in 1500 while leading a fleet to India. His landfall gave Portugal a claim to Brazil. Brazil became the most durable territorial possession of the Portuguese Empire.

Pedro Álvares Cabral
Image: Aurélio de Figueiredo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 3 profiles

Portuguese EmpireFoundationKingdom of PortugalImpactKilwa SultanateDecline

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Colonial BrazilCaptaincy of Porto Seguro

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pedro Álvares Cabral. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pedro-alvares-cabral
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