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Pedro Álvares Cabral
A Portuguese Explorer
First European to land in Brazil.
Born 1467
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Christopher Columbus
Quick Facts
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.