Cabral's armada, after crossing the Atlantic ocean …
Years: 1500 - 1500
May
Cabral's armada, after crossing the Atlantic ocean from Brazil, reaches the Cape of Good Hope in late May.
The fleet faces headlong winds for six straight days.
Four ships are lost at sea in the process—including the Sofala-destined ship of Bartolomeu Dias.
The three others are the crown-owned ships of Aires Gomes da Silva, Simão de Pina and Vasco de Ataíde (if Ataíde had not been lost earlier at Cape Verde, he is certainly lost by this time; some scholars contend Pires was lost now, and Ataíde was lost earlier).
In any case, the fleet is reduced to seven ships.
Facing strong winds, the seven split into smaller groups, to meet again on the other side.
Cabral holds two ships together with his own.
Locations
People
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Diogo Dias
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Nicolau Coelho
- Pedro Álvares Cabral
- Pêro Escobar
- 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
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- Commerce
- Products
- Symbols
- Watercraft
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- Exploration
- Faith
- Government
- Custom and Law
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