Pedro Alvares Cabral
Pedro Alvares Cabral ( in Portuguese or in Brazil ) (or Pedr Alvarez Cabral), born in Belmont in 1467 or 1468 ) and died in Santarm to 1520 , was a navigator Portuguese commander Fleet, commissioned by the King of Portugal Manuel I to go to India and continue the work of Vasco da Gama.
Pedro Alvares Cabral is considered "The discoverer of Brazil , even though the Spaniard Vicente Yez Pinzn had shortly before on the coast of northeastern Brazil at the mouth of the Amazon.
Cabral is now considered a key figure of the Age of Great Discoveries.
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Birth and education
Little is known about the life of Pedro Alvares Cabral before his trip that led to the discovery of Brazil. He was born in 1467 or 1468 - the last being the most often cited .
Family traditions say that Cabrais were descendants of Karanus , the legendary first king of Macedonia. Karanus was himself a descendant in the seventh generation of the demigod Heracles . Putting aside the myths, the historian James McClymont think another family legend could contain evidence of the origin of Cabral. According to the story, the drift of a clan Cabraes Castilian who had appointed Cabreira mm blazon . The Cabral family Vionta the foreground during the fourteenth century. lvaro Gil Cabral (the great-great grandfather Cabral, commander of the border) was one of the few noble Portuguese to remain loyal to Dom Joo I , King of Portugal during the Portuguese crisis of 1383-1385 and fight against the King of Castile. As a reward, I conferred with Joo lvaro Gil fief hereditary Belmonte. Biography After the return of Vasco da Gama of India, a second expedition was organized. Cabral was the head of a fleet of three caravels and 10 "nau". Before his departure from Lisbon on March 9 in 1500 accompanied by two monks, and Francisco Xavier and a priest, whose mission was primarily to evangelize indigenous peoples, Vasco da Gama offered him a statue of luck Granite Our Lady of Hope (now enthroned in the new church of Belmonte, formerly in the old side of the castle). He manages the 22 April 1500 on the coast of Brazil , seeking, as directed by Vasco da Gama to round Africa. He took possession of the territory on behalf of the Portuguese crown. After a brief stop, it returns a boat, commanded by Gaspar de Lemos , Portugal to inform the King Manuel I of the new discovery and bring him the famous letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha. He departed to the east, and doubled the Cape of Good Hope in Southern Africa , explores the coast of Mozambique. He manages to Calicut on September 13 1500 he besieged after concluding a commercial treaty with the prince of Cochin , where he established a trading post. He returned to Lisbon on 23 June 1501. Formerly Santarm part of his remains is now in the chapel of the Roman church alongside his parents and his grandparents. In 1994 , he was represented with his caravel, on banknotes 1000 Portuguese escudos (about 5 euros ). (In) This article is partially or entirely from the article in English entitled " Pedro Alvares Cabral "(see the list of authors ) Miscellaneous
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