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On April 22, 1500, the Portuguese fleet, consisting of ten ships and three ships under the command of a nobleman Pedro Alvares Cabral, arrived at the coast of Bahia - the exact landing site is still under discussion between the residents of Porto Seguro and Cabrália Bay.
With the return of Columbus to Europe in 1492, after the first voyage to America, the Catholic king of Spain, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, tried to secure the lands conquered by asking the Pope Alexander VI - Rodrigo Borgia - who was Spanish, a document granting them ownership rights. Thus, the Bull Inter Coetera (Among Other Things) delegating all the lands of the west to the Spanish kingdom. Working quickly, the palace spies warned Dom Joao II of Portugal, who protested and threatened to start a conflict in the Iberian Peninsula.
The following year, 1493, pressured by the Catholic Portuguese winger, Pope Alexander VI signed the second bull Inter Coetera, establishing the division of the American lands between Spain and Portugal. In it he stated that all "lands" to a hundred leagues from the islands of Cape Verde from Portugal would, moreover, to the west, would be Spain. Feeling deceived, for there remained only the Atlantic Ocean to Portugal, the king again threatened to launch a war against Spain.
Terrified, the Spaniards resorted to the head of the Church which in 1494 issued the bull Inter Coetera third, drawing new imaginary line 370 leagues from the Cape Verde islands. The conditions were accepted and the agreement signed on June 7 in the Spanish town of Tordesillas, giving name to the treaty divisive. The journalist and historian Eduardo Bueno, in Captains of Brazil, corroborates this fact. "In 1494, Spaniards and Portuguese had divided the world between themselves. Jettisoned that sharing, the French did not accept the legal validity of agreements made in the small town of Tordesillas," because it stood up against the French king Francis I was wondering where " the testament of Adam dividing the world between Portugal and Spain. "
What else can I help you with?
How did the line of demarcation effect settlement of south America?
brazil became a portuguese colony and still reflects portuguese influences such as language.
Why did the European nation to take over Brazil as its colony?
Portugal took over Brazil as a colony. This is why most people in Brazil speak Portuguese. In fact, at one point, the country was actually ruled from Rio de Janeiro.
Why was Brazil taken over?
Because Brazil belonged to Portuguese colony until 1822
Was Brazil in the British empire?
No. Brazil was originally a Portuguese colony which is why the language of Brazil is Portuguese.
What is the largest city that speak portuguese?
São Paulo in Brazil is the largest city in the world where Portuguese is spoken, with a population of over 12 million people.
Who were the first Europeans to come to Brazil?
the Portuguese found Brazil originally. they settled in Brazil and that's why Portuguese is the most widely spoken language in Brazil today.
What is the lauguage of Brazil?
The language spoken in Brazil is Brazilian Portuguese, or just Portuguese.
What is the percent of people who speak Portuguese in Brazil?
Portuguese is the national language of Brazil so I'd say most of them
How do you say 'hello' in Portuguese?
Answer #1 Ola, with an accent over the a. Answer #2 Oi [in Brazil].
Which country has the most Portuguese speakers?
Brazil has the most Portuguese speakers in the world.
What you call girls in Brazil?
In Brazil they speak Portuguese. The Portuguese word for girl is 'menina'
Where did the Portuguese's settle in?
The Portuguese settled in Brazil in the Americas
