Cabrales is a municipality (conceyu) in the autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. It is situated in the foothills of the Picos de Europa, and is a region famous for its cheese. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. ... Autonomous communities of Spain. ... Capital Oviedo Area – Total – % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population – Total (2005) – % of Spain – Density Ranked 13th 1 076 635 2,4% 101,53/km² Demonym – English – Asturian – Spanish Asturian asturianu/a, asturiano/a Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 Parliamentary representation – Congress seats – Senate seats... The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains some 20km far inland from the northern coast of Spain. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the curdled milk of cows, goats, sheep, or other mammals. ...
Important towns within the conceyu include Arenas de Cabrales.
Cabral perceived that the new country lay east of the line of demarcation made by pope Alexander VI (see Treaty of Tordesillas), and at once sent André Gonçalves (according to other authorities Gaspar de Lemos) to Portugal with the important tidings.
Cabral continued to India to trade for pepper and other spices, establishing a factory at Calicut, where he arrived on September 13.
Cabral was buried in a monastery in Santarém, Portugal.
He was the third son of Fernao Cabral, Governor of Beira and Belmonte, and Isabel de Gouvea, and married Isabel de Castro, the daughter of the distinguished Fernando de Noronha.
Cabral perceived that the new country lay east of the line of demarcation made by Alexander VI, and at once sent Andreas Gonçalvez (according to other authorities Gaspar de Lemos) to Portugal with the important tidings.
Cabral resumed his voyage 3 May; by the end of the month the fleet approached the Cape of Good Hope, where it was struck by a storm in which four vessels, including that of Bartolomeu Diaz, were lost.
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