Pedro Álvares Cabral

A Portuguese Explorer

First European to land in Brazil.

Born 1467

Quick Facts• Pedro had 6 Children.

• Had a wife named Isabel de Castro.

• His religion was Roman Catholic.

• His occupation was a Fleet Commander for the Kingdom of Portugal.

• His nationality was Portuguese.

Quick Facts(cont)

• He was the third son of Fernao Cabral.

• Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese nobleman, explorer, and navigator.

• Cabral had a patron named King Manuel I.

• Bartolomeu Dias was one of his officers.

• He was the 1st European to see brazil on April 22, 1500.

Expedition

• King Manuel I sent Cabral on an expedition to India.

• Cabral's 13 ships left on March 9, 1500.

• On April 22, 1500, he sighted what is now called Brazil.

• He Claimed the land for Portugal and named it the "Island of the True Cross.“

• Cabral stayed in Brazil for 10 days then continued on his way to India.

Expedition(continued)

• He encountered storms, shipwrecks, and fighting along his expedition to India.

• After this expedition, King Manuel appointed Vasco da Gama to head the next expedition in 1502.

• In 1502 Cabral retired.

• Since his voyage Pedro was having some problems, such as recurrent fever and a tremor.

• He withdrew in 1509.

Pedro Álvares Cabral(Death)

• He spent his remaining years in Santarém, Portugal.

• In 1520 Pedro Cabral Died.

• Cabral died of unspecified causes.

• He was buried in a monastery in Santarém, Portugal.

• In 1848 his tomb was identified by the Brazilian historian, Francisco Adolfo Varnhagen.

Christopher Columbus

Quick Facts

Expeditions

• Christopher had 4 voyages.

• 1st voyage:• Land was sighted at 2 a.m. October 12th, 1492, Columbus called the island San Salvador.

• 2nd voyage:• Columbus left Cádiz on September 24, 1493 with 17 ships carrying supplies, and

about 1,200 men to look for new territories.

• 3rd voyage:• On May 30, 1498, Columbus left with six ships from Spain, and led the ships to

the island of Porto Santo.

• 4th voyage:• In search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean, with 3 ships.