Pedro Alvares Cabral
1467 – 1520 Portuguese explorer, navigator
Commander usually credited as the European discoverer of Brazil.
- Religion
- Catholic
- Affiliations
- Kingdom of Portugal, Order of Christ
Pedro Alvares Cabral led a large fleet bound for India in 1500 that made landfall on the coast of Brazil, claiming it for Portugal. He continued to India, opening trade there despite heavy losses. His exact birth and death years are not firmly established.
In the timeline
- 1500 Cabral reaches Brazil mentioned
- 1500 The Portuguese reach Brazil mentioned