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Biography:Regarded as the discoverer of Brazil, although historians debate whether the discovery was intentional or accidental. Cabral was the first captain to land in all four continents.
Although his achievements largely slipped into obscurity for several hundred years after his death, Cabral is today regarded as a major explorer of the Age of Discovery.
1500-03-09 Pedro Álvares Cabral departs Lisbon, Portugal at the head of a 13 ship expedition to India that will also claim Brazil for Portugal
1500-04-22 Pedro Álvares Cabral is the first European to discover Brazil, landing near Monte Pascoal, claims it for Portugal
1501-01-16 Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral and 6 ships set off from Kannur, India, on their return voyage to Lisbon
1502-01-01 Portuguese expedition under Pedro Álvares Cabral are first Europeans to discover Bay of Guanabara naming it Rio de Janeiro after mistaking it for a river entrance
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