Cabral makes preparations to resume the journey …
Years: 1500 - 1500
May
Cabral makes preparations to resume the journey to India.
The Portuguese pilots, assisted by the physician-astronomer Master João Faras and his astronomical instruments, determine that the land lies east of the Tordesillas line, prompting Cabral to formally claim Brazil for the Portuguese crown, bestowing upon it the name of Ilha de Vera Cruz ("Island of the True Cross"—later renamed Terra de Santa Cruz, "Land of the Holy Cross", upon the realization that it is not an island).
Cabral dispatches the supply ship back to Lisbon on May 2, with the Brazilian items and a letter to King Manuel I of Portugal composed by the factor’s secretary Pêro Vaz de Caminha to announce the discovery.
It also carries a separate private letter to the king from Master João Faras, in which he identifies the main guiding constellation in the southern hemisphere, the Southern Cross (Cruzeiro).
The supply ship will arrive in Lisbon in June.
Leaving behind a couple of Portuguese degredados with the Tupiniquim of Porto Seguro, Cabral orders the eleven remaining ships to set sail the next day and continue on their route to India via the Cape of Good Hope.
Locations
People
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Diogo Dias
- Gaspar de Lemos
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Nicolau Coelho
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Pêro Escobar
- Pêro Vaz de Caminha
- Pêro da Covilhã
- Vasco da Gama
Groups
- Hinduism
- Arab people
- Indian people
- Nair
- Islam
- Kilwa Sultanate
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Tupiniquim people
- Portuguese Empire
- Mutapa, Kingdom of
- Florence, Republic of
- Portuguese Mozambique
- Brazil, Colonial
Topics
- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Columbian Exchange
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Gem materials
- Domestic animals
- Textiles
- Strategic metals
- Slaves
- Sweeteners
- Lumber
- Land
- Spices
- Tobacco
Subjects
- Commerce
- Products
- Symbols
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Custom and Law
- Finance
Regions
Subregions
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Years: 1500 - 1500
May
Locations
People
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Diogo Dias
- Gaspar de Lemos
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Nicolau Coelho
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Pêro Escobar
- Pêro Vaz de Caminha
- Pêro da Covilhã
- Vasco da Gama
Groups
- Hinduism
- Arab people
- Indian people
- Nair
- Islam
- Kilwa Sultanate
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Tupiniquim people
- Portuguese Empire
- Mutapa, Kingdom of
- Florence, Republic of
- Portuguese Mozambique
- Brazil, Colonial
Topics
- India, Medieval
- Sub-Saharan Africa, Medieval
- Interaction with Subsaharan Africa, Early European
- Age of Discovery
- Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Columbian Exchange
- Colonization of Asia, Portuguese
Commodoties
- Fish and game
- Weapons
- Gem materials
- Domestic animals
- Textiles
- Strategic metals
- Slaves
- Sweeteners
- Lumber
- Land
- Spices
- Tobacco
Subjects
- Commerce
- Products
- Symbols
- Watercraft
- Labor and Service
- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Custom and Law
- Finance
Regions
Subregions