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  Pedro Álvares Cabral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the third son of Fernão Cabral, Governor of Beira and Belmonte, and Isabel de Gouveia, and married Isabel de Castro, the daughter of the distinguished Fernão de Noronha.
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 was buried in a monastery in Santarém, Portugal.
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 Biography / Brazil / Pedro Álvares Cabral
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 resumed his voyage on 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.
Cabral started the return voyage on 16 January, 1501, and arrived at Lisbon on 31 July, or, as it is sometimes given, on 23 June.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral - Wikipedia
Cabral je imenovan admiralom i glavnim zapovjednikom ekspedicije.
Cabral je krenuo iz Lisabona sa 13 brodova i 1,500 ljudi.
Cabral je sa brodovima, kao znak odmazde, bombardirao grad dva dana, zarobio 10 malih muslimanskih brodića i pogubio njihove posade.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral - Wikipedia
Pedro Alvarez Cabral (Belmonte, 1460 (?) – Santarém, 1526 (?)) was een Portugese zeevaarder die bekend staat als de ontdekker van Brazilië.
Cabral vermeed de windstille zone langs de Afrikaanse kust en landde -door de Equatoriaalstroom daarheen gevoerd- op 22 april 1500 op de kust van Brazilië, dat hij voor Portugal in bezit nam.
Met slechts 4 van de 13 schepen -maar wel met een rijke lading- keerde Cabral op 23 juni 1501 in Portugal terug.
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 vidas lusófonas (normais)
Cabral discovers Terras de Vera Cruz/The Land of the True Cross (Brazil), on April 22; loses 4 of his ships, but manages to reach Calicut on September 13; is unable to subjugate the Zamorim, the ruler of Calicut.
But Cabral is in for some big surprises, in spite of his willingness to sail and face the world in the name of his king.
Cabral discovers Brazil and is captivated by the innocence of the natives.
www.vidaslusofonas.pt /pedro_a_cabral_2.htm   (3971 words)

  
 Creation Brazil: pursuit of leisure and natural beauty
Pedro Álvares Cabral was the son of Fernão Cabral and Isabel Gouveia, born in the castle of Belmonte.
Pedro Alvares Cabral married in 1503 with Isabel de Castro, a niece of Afonso de Albuquerque and the daughter of the distinguished Fernando de Noronha.
Cabral's stop in Brazil was alone a scale on a trip to the earth of the spices for the Portuguese economy.
www.jeepclubehorizontina.com.br /creation-brazil.htm   (1865 words)

  
 Historical Text Archive: Articles: Cabral, Pedro Alvares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pedro Alvares Cabral was this Portuguese explorer who not only benefitted his country with wealth from trade, but also with the acquisition of a vast territory.
Cabral was commissioned by King Manuel I of Portugal to sail on an expedition with a fleet of thirteen ships to the ports of India.
Cabral probably was not too intent on the spreading of the gospel in Vera Cruz because this was not his mission anyway.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral
Cabral continued to India to trade for pepper and other spices, establishing a factory at Calicut[?].
After a chain of bad luck, culminating in a two-day bombardment of the city, he returned with only 4 of 13 ships to Portugal, on June 23, 1501.
Cabral has been honored on a number of postage stamps, for instance in a set of Brazilian stamps issued January 1, 1900 to mark the 400th anniversary of the discovery.
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 Encyclopedia: Pedro Alvares Cabral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
On April 22 a mountain was visible, to which the name of Monte Pascoal was given; on the April 23 Coelho landed on the coast of Brazil, and on the April 25 the entire fleet sailed into the harbor called Porto Seguro.
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 Andreas Gonçalvez (according to other authorities Gaspar de Lemos) to Portugal with the important tidings.
Believing the island to be an island he gave it the name of Island of the True Cross (or Island of Vera Cruz) and took possession of it by erecting a cross and holding a religious service.
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 Pedro Álvares Cabral -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the third son of Fernão Cabral, Governor of (A port city in eastern Mozambique on the Mozambique Channel) Beira and Belmonte, and Isabel de Gouveia, and married Isabel de Castro, the daughter of the distinguished (Click link for more info and facts about Fernando de Noronha) Fernando de Noronha.
Cabral reached (Click link for more info and facts about Sofala) Sofala (July 16) and (A republic on the eastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975) Mozambique (July 20).
Cabral was buried in a (The residence of a religious community) monastery in (Click link for more info and facts about Santarém, Portugal) Santarém, Portugal.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pe/Pedro_%c1lvares_Cabral.htm   (835 words)

  
 RootsWeb: AZORES-L [AZORES-L] Re: [PORTUGAL-L] Pedro Alvares Cabral
Pedro b: 1468 was the son of Fernao Cabral and Isabel Gouveia.
Goncalo b: abt 1400 was the son of Fernao Velho and Maria Alvares Cabral.
Cabral, was the Father of Pedro Alvares Cabral.
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 AllRefer.com - Pedro Alvares Cabral (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia
Pedro Alvares Cabral[pe´droo ulvA´rush kubrAl´] Pronunciation Key, c.1467–c.1520, Portuguese navigator.
Cabral went far west of his course and reached the coast of Brazil, which he claimed for Portugal.
The old story was that Cabral discovered Brazil because he had been driven off his course by storms.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral - Wikipédia
Pedro Alvares Cabral était un navigateur portugais (né à Belmonte en 1467 - mort à Santarem?
Pedro Alvares Cabral est considéré comme « 'Le découvreur du Brésil' », bien qu'en réalité, l'Espagnol Vicente Yáñez Pinzón l'ait précédé de peu sur les côtes du nord-est du Brésil à l'embouchure de l'Amazone.
Cabral était à la tête d'une flotte de 13 caravelles.
fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedro_Alvares_Cabral   (296 words)

  
 1000 escudos banknote - Pedro Álvares Cabral
Pedro Álvares Cabral set sail from Lisbon on 9 March 1500, leading the second fleet that Manuel I sent to India.
On 22 April 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on the coast of Brazil and made the first contacts with the natives on the following day.
Pedro Álvares Cabral died between 1518 and 1520 and is buried in the Church of Graça, Santarém.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil
We do know, however, that Cabral and his men did see land that turned out to be Brazil and that they did set foot on this land in April 1500.
The reception there was not as good as Cabral had hoped, and the ships sailed south down the coast in search of a friendly welcome.
Alvares Cabral, the discoverer of Brazil, vanished from the ship logs and the pages of history.
socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/worldhistory/pedroalvarescabral2.htm   (339 words)

  
 List of Embassy Officials   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cabral was sent to India by the King of Portugal soon after the return of Vasco de Gama from his pioneering journey.
Portugal’s Pedro Alvares Cabral is officially recognised as the first European to “discover” Brazil in 1500.
Cabral is reported to have been blown-off course on his way to India.
www.indianembassy.org.br /eng/relations/political.htm   (968 words)

  
 Brazil - 500; Commemorative Voyage of the 500th Anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the year 2000, the 500 year anniversary of the voyage of Pedro Alvares Cabral from Portugal to Brazil will be commemorated with an Atlantic crossing by the replica caravel "Boa Esparanca" (Good Hope), which will be accompanied by a fleet of cruising sailboats.
The intent is to recreate the historical journey of Cabral to honor the event which has such a great place in world history.
Pedro Alvares Cabral, who was not a sailor, but an army commander, was named the captain of a fantastic fleet of thirteen armed vessels with 1500 men.
cruisenews.net /Brazil500.html   (466 words)

  
 Pedro Álvares Cabral - Wikipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
El almirante Pedro Álvares Cabral fue un navegante portugués, proveniente de una familia noble de la localidad de Santarém.
Cabral partió de Lisboa, de la playa del Restelo, el 09 de marzo de 1500, un lunes, con la orden de seguir la ruta del cabo de Buena Esperanza, que había sido descubierta entre 1497-1498 por el también navegante portugués Vasco da Gama.
El 22 de abril de 1500, un miércoles en la semana después del domingo de Pascua de Resurrección, Cabral llegó a lo que actualmente es el estado de Bahía, en Brasil.
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 De wereldreis van John & Stef 2003 - 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
De Portugese zeevaarder Pedro Álvares Cabral werd in ongeveer 1467 geboren in Belmonte (Als geboortejaar worden ook wel 1460 en 1464 genoemd).
Op 22 april 1500 werd land gezien en op 23 april strande Cabral op de kust van Brazilië op de plek die nu bekend is als de stad Porto Seguro.
Cabral zette zijn reis op 3 mei voort en arriveerde uiteindelijk in India.
users.pandora.be /wereldreizigers/nl/ontdekkingsreizen/main-ontdekking-11.htm   (278 words)

  
 Other Portuguese explorers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Pedro Alvares (PAY throo AHL vuh reesh) Cabral (kuh BRAHL) (1467?-1528?), was a Portuguese navigator who sailed to Brazil in 1500 and claimed it for Portugal.
Cabral had lost one ship, and another returned to Portugal with news of the landing.
Cabral's fleet then sailed to the Indian towns of Cochin and Cannanore, where the ships were loaded with spices.
www.worldbook.com /wc/features/explorers/html/newworld_portug_ope.html   (1235 words)

  
 Pedro Alvares Cabral
Pedro Alvares Cabral was a Portuguese explorer who sailed to Brazil in 1500 and claimed it for Portugal.
Pedro Alvares Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil
Learn more about what life was like in the time of Cabral and his discovery of Brazil.
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 pagina - Biografia Pedro Alvares Cabral - 330b   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sobre Pedro Alvares Cabral, uno de los mayores navegantes portugueses de este período, las informaciones biográficas son mínimas y son muy escasas las noticias sobre su vida.
Alvares Cabral tomó posesión de esta tierra en nombre del rey Manuel I, quien por el tratado de Tordesillas la reclamaría para Portugal, y la bautizó como Isla de la Santa Cruz.
A continuación, Alvares Cabral se dirigió a Ceilán, donde cargó sus navíos con ricas mercancías y regresó a Portugal en 1501.
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 * Irene's Country Corner * - Brasil - Chronological Events
On April 23, Nicolau Coelho, member of Cabral’s fleet has the very first contact with the native inhabitants of the discovered land.
On October 12, Dom Pedro returns to Rio de Janeiro and is proclaimed the first emperor of Brazil and named Dom Pedro I. On December 1, Dom Pedro I is crowned.
The prince Dom Pedro de Alcântara, at 5 years of age, is the regent.
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 Pedro Álvares Cabral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was the third son of Fernão Cabral, Governor of Beira and, and Isabel de Gouveia, and married Isabel de Castro, the daughter of the distinguished Fernão de Noronha.
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.
In Cochin and Cabral succeeded in making advantageous treaties.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral Biography / Biography of Pedro Alvares Cabral Main Biography
Cabral explored the coast and claimed the new land for his sovereign.
Cabral's discovery has raised a series of historical questions which have never been properly answered.
The most complete information on Cabral and his voyage to the East is the translation, with an introduction and notes, by William Brooks Greenlee of The Voyage of Pedro Álvares Cabral to Brazil and India: From Contemporary Documents and Narratives (1938).
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pedralvarez Cabral
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.
Believing the island to be an island he gave it the name of "Island of Vera Cruz" and took possession of it by erecting a cross and holding a religious service.
The authorities for the voyage of discovery of Cabral are contained in the reports of eyewitnesses, especially in the letter of VAZ DE CAMINHA to King Emmanuel, of which the original was discovered in 1790.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03128a.htm   (780 words)

  
 BBC Brasil
Little is known about Pedro Alvares Cabral, the commander of the Portuguese expedition that first landed in Brazil.
After leaving Brazil, Cabral had successful business ventures in India and was lavished with honours by King Dom Manuel on his return to Portugal.
Pedro Alvares Cabral died in Santarem, on an unknown date.
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 Cabral, Pedro Alvares --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The son of Fernão Cabral, a nobleman, and of Isabel de Gouveia, Pedro Cabral was heir to a long tradition of service to the throne.
The Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral is generally credited with the discovery of Brazil.
This vast expanse of land became a port of call on the long voyage from Europe to India and was a major addition to Portugal's large overseas empire.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9018462?tocId=9018462   (756 words)

  
 Pedro Álvares Cabral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Cabral continuó a la India negociar para la pimienta y otras especias, estableciendo una fábrica en Calicut.
Cabral fue enterrado en un monasterio en Santarém, Portugal.
Pedro Cabral, el viaje de Pedro Alvares Cabral el Brasil y la India, a ed.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/pe/Pedro%20%C1lvares%20Cabral.htm   (299 words)

  
 Publius Historicus: Cabral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
En 1500, après le retour triomphal de Vasco de Gama, Cabral est chargé du commandement d'une flotte de 13 caravelles avec Bartolomeu Dias comme vice-amiral.
Cabral prend possession des terres au nom de la couronne du Portugal et nomme le pays Brésil au cause de sa richesse en bois.
Cabral laisse quelques hommes derrière lui et rentre au Portugal.
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 Pedro Alvares Cabral and the Discovery of Brazil
As was the way with young men of wealthy families at this time, young Pedro went to the court of Portugal's King John II, in order to study.
He asked the king to send his friend, Pedro Cabral, in his place.
The king was disappointed but yielded to Da Gama's wishes, naming Cabral as the head of the expedition and giving him 13 ships.
www.socialstudiesforkids.com /articles/worldhistory/pedroalvarescabral1.htm   (253 words)

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