SHARKS at Cape Verde the southest point in Africa is the most populated place in the world with sharks
You are right. The portuguese people back in the 1500 yeas were the first to claim the discovery of this part of the world. And Brazil became polically independant in 1822 and the only portuguese speaking country in all the three 'Americas': Central, North and South.
The word "south" in Portuguese is "sul".
Portuguese sailors were intent on discovering new lands. They sailed to South America and entered Rio de Janerio's harbor (in January) hence the name. \Portugual then claimed Brazil as its colony.
To reach Asia
Spanish and Portuguese. Native languages are also abundant in South America.Spanish and Portuguese.
In Portuguese, 'South America' is pronounced as 'América do Sul'.
Brazil was the South American country found by the Portuguese in 1500.
Only to a limited extent. The Portuguese were a real sea-faring, trading and globe-exploring nation. Spain only got interested in sailing out to anywhere after Columbus had convinced its royal couple - on the basis of totally incorrect assumptions and calculations, by the way - that there was an easy and short way to India and China by sailing out to the west, and then came back with excited stories of gold lying around all over the place. After that, Spain's exploring activities limited themselves to colonizing and then exploiting Middle and South America, minus (Portuguese) Brazil.
Brazil has the largest Portuguese-speaking population in South America.
Brazil is the only country in South America where Portuguese is the official language.
Brazil is South America's largest country and has an exquisite \portuguese cuisine.
A compass tells sailors which direction they are going in (North, South, East, or West). This helps the sailors not to get lost and to keep on track to their destination.