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1467: Pedro Alvares Cabral was born in Portugal
Then sailed in a definite south-westerly direction towards the New World
April 22 1500 a mountain was visible, to which the name of Monte Pascoal was given
April 23 Pedro Alvares Cabral landed on the coast of Brazil
April 25 the entire fleet sailed into Porto Seguro harbour
Pedro Alvares Cabral and his companions believed that the new land was an island.
Pedro Alvares Cabral named the land the Island of the True Cross (or Island of Vera Cruz) and claimed the land for Portugal
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