Pedro Álvares Cabral
Portuguese military commander and explorer (c.1467/8 – c.1521)
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Portuguese explorer who accidentally bumped into Brazil in 1500 while sailing toward India's spice trade. First person to touch four continents in a single voyage—Europe, Africa, South America, Asia—though historians debate how accidental that Brazilian detour really was.
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Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, colonizer, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever be on four continents, uniting all of them in his famous voyage of 1500, where he also conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life remain unclear, it is known that he came from a minor noble family and received a good education. He was appointed to head an expedition to India in 1500, following Vasco d…
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