The Fleet That Sailed for India and Found Brazil
On April 22, 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral's India-bound fleet sighted Brazil and claimed it for Portugal, setting the course for the only Portuguese-speaking nation in the Americas.
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The Day Europe First Saw California
On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay and became the first European to set foot on the West Coast of the United States.