Social studies. Ben Davis February 11, What impact did Pedro Cabral have? How did Pedro Cabral affect indigenous people? How long did Pedro Cabral sail for? What was Cabrals goal? Who found Brazil?
Little is known of his activities before , when Manuel appointed him the chief captain of a fleet being prepared to sail to India to follow the maritime route to the East charted by Vasco da Gama on his historical voyage of Amid colorful pageantry 13 ships with 1, men sailed from the Tagus River on March 8, , en route to India.
Cabral explored the coast and claimed the new land for his sovereign. He christened it Ilha de Vera Cruz. Merchants, quickly attracted to its plentiful stands of brazilwood, the source of an excellent red dye, called it Terra do Brasil, and the name Brazil gained popular acceptance. The territory fell to Portugal anyway, under the Treaty of Tordesillas of The local Amerindian population, still living in the Stone Age as hunter-gatherers and fishers, came out to see their white visitors.
He portrayed a land of burgeoning fertility, populated by childlike naked savages. The male warriors painted their bodies vividly in red and black quarterings. The women were attractive and one had coloured her buttocks and thighs black, while leaving the rest of her body unadorned.
After staying another eight days, Cabral sailed back across the Atlantic to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach Calicut on the west coast of India.
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