Pedro Álvares Cabral: Discoverer Of Brazil

Rationale: Anyone who has studied history of the Americas’ knows that it was founded by Christopher Columbus in 1492 however, he could not have explored the whole continent by himself. Who are the other Spanish explores and what are they famous for?

Pedro Álvares Cabral was a very important Portuguese explorer. He was the first to explore much of Northeastern South America and claimed it for Portugal. He was ultimately looking for a route to India. He is important because he discovered Brazil introduced the Portuguese culture to it. Brazil is even still a Portuguese speaking country. He later died in

2. His goal was to reach the East (East Indies) by sailing west, thus bypassing the around-Africa route that Portugal monopolized.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born in 1490 at Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia. His parents went by the name Francisco de Vera and Teresa Cabeza de Vaca. “Cabeza de Vaca means ‘head of cow’ and was derived from a peasant ancestor.” (elizabethan-era.org) “By 1528, he was appointed treasurer underneath the explorer Panfilo de Narvaez which reached what is now Tampa Bay, Florida later in the same year.” “By September of that year, all of the members of the expedition except for 60 of de Vaca’s men had died near the shore of present-day Galveston, Texas.” (Biography.com Editors). Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who was the first historian of Texas, and one of the four survivors of the Narvaez expedition.

* In 1498, he discovered the mainland and went down the coast of South America.

In history, what often occurred was that influential individuals who occupied the middle ground during exploration were forgotten. These third-party individuals are called go-betweens and they helped Europeans connect with different cultural groups. The 16th century brought enormous change by the Portuguese to the indigenous groups who lived in Brazil. The colonization of Brazil owes its success to transactional, representational, and physical/biological go-betweens. The book, Go-betweens and the Colonization of Brazil, written by Alida Metcalf explores the roles of these go-betweens and their impact.

He was honored for his discovery and was granted payed expeditions to other lands in search of land for Spain to rule although he was from Italy. I: His discovery of the New World would make Spain the most wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth at the time. He would later on find more

When he found new land he named it florida meaning array of flowers he found lots of gold and accomplished what he was looking for even though what he did was very dangerous considering the fact of how many natives were in the area around them when he landed on florida march

During the 15th and 16th century, countries such as Portugal set out to find out more about the world in an era called the “Age of Exploration.” The explorers set out on voyages mainly to find sea trade routes to Asia. Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus, and Ferdinand Magellan were the explorers that made the most important breakthroughs. They used different boats, tools, and maps to help them explore.

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was born around the year 1490 in a Spanish province of Andalusia, in the town of Jerez de la Frontera. Cabeza de Vaca is Spanish for “ head of a cow,” meaning that he is strong-headed and full of wisdom. Cabeza de Vaca is one of the most well known Spanish conquistadors. Not only was he well known for his achievements in Spain, he is also noticed for his discoveries in North America including Texas. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was influential to Texas because of his discovery of the Texas coast and Galveston, his successful relationship with the Karankawa Indians, and his influence he had on others to continue exploring Texas and North America. (La Relacion)

We are charging Pedro Cabral with assault and battery. He was sent by king manuel to trade with the indians for goods. He was attacked by muslims at his trading post. His trading post was in Calicut India. He then came back and shot cannon balls at the port. We are charging him with assault and battery because he attempted to hurt someone and did end up hurting someone and he used the cannon as his firearm. He killed over 600 muslims during his trips.

It was July 6th, 2017 when a young woman named Charlie Strong arrived in the Brazilian Amazon in search of an old archaic temple known only by legend. It is thought that the temple contained artifacts that had unusual mysterious healing abilities. Charlie, an archeologist, was desperate to find this archaic temple, for she was diagnosed with a brain tumor two months prior. When Charlie was told she had a brain tumor, she was told that a simple surgery was her only chance of a survival. With this news Charlie decided that she wanted to go on one more archeological exploration before having the surgery, this exploration, she thought would use her ever waning energy, but knew if legends were true it would be worth it.

He simply took over these lands, even going so far as to rename them all. In order to let everyone know of his great discovery, he returned to Spain with many new items, including kidnapped Indians (Fernandez-Armesto 89). He was attempting to glorify Spain and its monarchs while creating fame for himself.

     He led many expeditions into South America. Most were unsuccessful because they met many hostile tribes and he didn’t have

to accompany them. The purpose of this expedition was to find a water route to the Pacific, to