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Pedro Alvares Cabral Research Paper

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Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese explorer that led the second expedition to India. Along the way, his crew had discovered what we now know today as Brazil. The story of how he discovered Brazil is very interesting. It all started when Cabral landed on an unknown island while leading an expedition to India.
Pedro Alvares Cabral was born around 1467 or 1468. He was born in the village of Belmont, Portugal. He was born as a member of a royal Portuguese court of King Manuel I and King John II. By some people, he was called Pero. Cabral’s parents are Fernão Alvares and Isabel de Gouveia. He was sent to serve at the Portuguese court at age 17. He rapidly rose in the esteem of the two monarchs that he served.
During the years that Pedro Alvares Cabral was helping and working with the court, new expeditions occurred that opened up ocean routes between Europe and Asia. In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias had discovered the Cape of Good Hope and in 1498, Vasco da Gama had reached India. In September of 1498, Vasco da Gama returned to Portugal. Meanwhile, King John II wanted to take advantage of …show more content…

In June 1494, after Christopher Columbus came back from his expedition, the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed by Spain and Portugal. The discoveries between these two cultures had to be divided so the Treaty of Tordesillas was the tool to make that divisions happen. Although, not only did it divide the discoveries from Spain and the discoveries from Portugal, this treaty also divided the whole world in half. What happened was that Spain took the Americas and the Portuguese took over Africa and Asia. The dividing line was actually set at a point that was 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands, the new islands discovered by Vasco de Gama right before Pedro Alvarez Cabral set sail for

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