who discovered brazil?

Answer 1

Brazil was discovered by accident when a Portuguese expedition to India, led by Pedro Alvares Cabral, swung too far westward in 1500. It remained virtually ignored by the Crown for twenty-five years because it lacked the rich trade cities found in Asia and it had no ready supplies of precious metals. Furthermore, there were no indigenous empires to manipulate, as there were in Mexico and Peru, and the native population was too few in number to provide a dependable source of slave labour. The discovery of Brazil wood, the source of red dye, much in demand by the European textile industry, was incentive for founding the colony and provided its name. The fear that Brazil might fall into French hands accelerated settlement efforts by the Portuguese Crown

Answer 2

Brazil is thought to have been inhabited for at least 10,000 years by semi-nomadic populations before the first Portuguese explorers, led by Pedro Álvares Cabral, disembarked in 1500.

Answer 3

BRAZIL
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Brazil was discovered by accident when a Portuguese expedition to India, led by Pedro Alvares Cabral, swung too far westward in 1500. It remained virtually ignored by the Crown for twenty-five years because it lacked the rich trade cities found in Asia and it had no ready supplies of precious metals. Furthermore, there were no indigenous empires to manipulate, as there were in Mexico and Peru, and the native population was too few in number to provide a dependable source of slave labour. The discovery of Brazil wood, the source of red dye, much in demand by the European textile industry, was incentive for founding the colony and provided its name. The fear that Brazil might fall into French hands accelerated settlement efforts by the Portuguese Crown.

Answer 4

Pedro Alvares Cabral in 1500 AD

Answer 5

By Portuguese explorers led by Pedro Álvares Cabral.

Answer 6

The Indians who were actually born there.