Pedro+Cabral

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Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese explorer, nobleman and navigater. Cabral’s family was noble- Portuguese. He was the first European to see Brazil. Pedro Cabral's lifespan was from 1467-1520. He was 53 years old when he died. Pedro Cabral died on one of his expedition with another man. Cabral was born in Belmonte, Port and died in Santarém. Pedro Álvares Cabral was the third son of Fernao Cabral. Pedro Cabral's religion was Roman Catholic. His children were: ====== Fernão Álvares Cabral, António Cabral, Catarina de Castro Guiomar de Castro Isabel Leonor = = =Where Was He From? What Country Was He Exploring For ? =

Pedro Cabral was from Portugal. He was exploring for Portugal, on his first voyage.
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Pedro Cabral' result was finding Brazil.
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Cabral's patron, King Manuel I of Portugal, sent him on an voyage to India. Cabral left with 13 vessels on March 9, 1500. On April 22, 1500, he sighted property called (Brazil), claiming it for Portugal and identifying it the "Island of the True Cross." King Manuel renamed this land Holy Cross; it was later renamed once again, to Brazil, after a kind of dyewood found there, called pau-brasil. Cabral stayed in Brazil for 10 days and then sustained on his way to India, in a trip fraught with storms, shipwrecks, and fighting. Cabral successfully traded for spices in Cochin (now called Kozhikode), India (in early January, 1501). Cabral returned to Portugal on June 23, 1501, with only four of the 13 ships he started out with. ======

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After this expedition, King Manuel appointed Vasco da Gama to head the next expedition (1502), and Cabral retired. He is covered in a monastery in Santarém, Portugal. ====== =Bibliography = [|Enchanted Learning] [] Elizabethan Era

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