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King Manuel Of Portugal: Cabral Left Portugal

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King Manuel of Portugal was the individual who appointed Cabral to go on this journey Portugal is a country next to Spain located in Europe Further the conquest that an earlier explorer named Vasco da Gama achieved Follow the route charted by da Gama that ended in India Strengthen commercial ties Cabral left Portugal on March 9, 1500 and planned to imitate Vasco da Gama’s westward-then southward route that would lead to India. There was one problem. He headed so far west he reached current-day Brazil. He then continued to India like he was supposed to in the first place. He returned to Portugal on June 23, 1501. His journey lasted exactly 1 year, 3 months, and 15 days. He sailed in 13 ships with 1,200 men onboard the ships On April 22, 1500,

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