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Belmonte, Portugal: Pedro Álvares Cabral monument Pedro Álvares Cabral Map showing the transatlantic and global routes of major early voyages of discovery and exploration by Spain, Portugal, England, and France during the 15th and 16th centuries. The map traces the journeys of explorers such as Columbus, Cabot, Magellan, da Gama, and others, with labeled paths crossing the Atlantic and encircling Africa and South America, as well as lines of demarcation dividing Spanish and Portuguese exploration zones.
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William Brooks Greenlee (ed. and trans.), The Voyage of Pedro Álvares Cabral to Brazil and India, from Contemporary Documents and Narratives (1938, reprinted 2010); James Roxburgh MacClymont, Pedro Cabral (2009).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Feb 20, 2024
Add new Web site: Famous Explorers - Pedro �lvares Cabral - Portuguese Explorer. Feb 21, 2021
Cross-references added. Dec 09, 2020
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Pedro Alvares Cabral: The Lucky Lost Navigator Who Made Brazil Portuguese. Nov 27, 2019
Corrected display issue. Sep 05, 2019
Media added. Apr 27, 2015
Added mention of Vicente Yáñez Pinzón and added cross-references. Apr 27, 2015
Added work to bibliography. Apr 27, 2015
Changed "discoverer of Brazil" to "first European to reach Brazil." Sep 12, 2014
Add new Web site: The Mariners' Museum and Park - The Ages of Exploration - Biography of Pedro Alvares Cabral. Aug 04, 2014
Add new Web site: KidPast.com - Biography of Pedro Alvares Cabral. Jul 07, 2014
Bibliography revised and updated. Oct 22, 2008
Article revised and updated. Oct 22, 2008
Added new Web site: National Crime Prevention Council - Hate Crime. Jun 21, 2007
Added new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Biography of Pedro Alvares Cabral. Jun 21, 2007
Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Biography of Pedro Alvarez. Jun 21, 2007
Added new Web site: Maps of World - Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Jun 21, 2007
Added new Web site: Elizabethan Era - Biography of Pedro Alvares Cabral. Jun 21, 2007
Added new Web site: The Lectric Law Library - Hate Crime. Jun 21, 2007
Article revised and updated. Mar 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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