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The claim that the Portuguese explorer and navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil in April 22, 1500 is contested. Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Antonio de Abreu (16th century Portuguese explorer of Indonesia) Charles Albanel (1616-1696), Canada Afonso de Albuquerque (16th century... The era of European sea explorations began in the late 15th century and lasted for a little more than three full centuries. ... Pedro Álvares Cabral Pedro Álvares Cabral (c. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some people believe that an expedition ordered by the King Manuel I of Portugal in 1498, led by Duarte Pacheco Pereira arrived in Maranhão, in the northeaster cost of Brazil, before 1500. History of Portugal series Prehistoric Portugal Pre-Roman Portugal Roman Lusitania and Gallaecia Visigoths and Suevi Moorish rule and Reconquista First County of Portugal Kingdom of Galicia and Portugal Second County of Portugal Establishment of the Monarchy Consolidation of the Monarchy 1383–1385 Crisis Discoveries Portuguese Empire 1580 Crisis Iberian... Manuel I of Puerto Rico (pron. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duarte Pacheco Pereira, (15th century) mysterious Portuguese captain and explorer of the Atlantic, his travels in the central Atlantic west of Cape Verde probably are more important than traditional history states. ... Maranhão is one of the states of Brazil in the north-eastern region. ...

Other publications support the theory that the English navigator Sancho Brandão had discovered Brazil around 1341, which was described in a secret letter sent to King Afonso IV of Portugal. Look up English in Wiktionary, the free dictionary As an adjective, English refers to anything from or pertaining to England. ... Events Petrarch becomes famous Beginning of the Breton War of Succession over the control of the Duchy of Brittany Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expells her husband John Henry of Bohemia, to whom she had been married as a child. ... Afonso IV of Portugal (English Alphonzo), or Affonso (Archaic Portuguese), Alfonso or Alphonso (Portuguese-Galician) or Alphonsus (Latin), (February 8, 1291 – May 28, 1357), known as the Brave (Port. ...

It is still uncertain if Pedro Álvares Cabral was blown westwards while circumnavigating the Cape of Storms (Cabo Tormentosa) to the Brazilian coast, or the whole expedition was a secrete mission to find new lands in the Atlantic as a response to the Spanish claims that Amerigo Vespucci had visited the Brazilian north coast in July 1499 and Vicente Yáñez Pinzón in november. The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 in Florence, Italy - February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant and cartographer who voyaged to and wrote about the Americas. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1499 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (1460? - after 1523) was Spanish navigator, explorer, and conquistador. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ...