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Pedro Álvares Cabral

1467 - 1520

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Pedro Álvares Cabral (European Portuguese: [ˈpeðɾu ˈalvɐɾɨʃ kɐˈβɾal]; born Pedro Álvares de Gouveia; c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil. He was the first human in history to ever be on four continents, uniting all of them in his famous voyage of 1500, where he also conducted the first substantial exploration of the northeast coast of South America and claimed it for Portugal. While details of Cabral's early life remain unclear, it is known that he came from a minor noble family and received a good education. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pedro Álvares Cabral has received more than 1,227,993 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Pedro Álvares Cabral is the 16th most popular explorer (up from 21st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 8th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Portuguese Explorer.

Pedro Álvares Cabral is most famous for being the first European to land in Brazil.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pedro Álvares Cabral ranks 16 out of 498. Before him are James Cook, Zheng He, Francis Drake, Francisco Pizarro, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Abel Tasman. After him are Xuanzang, Fridtjof Nansen, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Jacques Cartier, David Livingstone, and Jacques Cousteau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1467, Pedro Álvares Cabral ranks 1. After him are Sigismund I the Old, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Ferdinand II of Naples, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio, Giovanni il Popolano, Guillaume Budé, Şehzade Korkut, Andrea Sansovino, Charles II, Duke of Guelders, and Ramón de Cardona. Among people deceased in 1520, Pedro Álvares Cabral ranks 3. Before him are Raphael, and Selim I. After him are Moctezuma II, Martin Waldseemüller, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Kunigunde of Austria, Cuitláhuac, Ravidas, Sten Sture the Younger, Agostino Chigi, and Ippolito d'Este.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Pedro Álvares Cabral ranks 10 out of 633. Before him are Anthony of Padua (1195), José Saramago (1922), Cristiano Ronaldo (1985), António de Oliveira Salazar (1889), António Guterres (1949), and Prince Henry the Navigator (1394). After him are Fernando Pessoa (1888), Luís de Camões (1524), Manuel I of Portugal (1469), José Mourinho (1963), Afonso I of Portugal (1109), and Pedro I of Brazil (1798).

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Among EXPLORERS In Portugal

Among explorers born in Portugal, Pedro Álvares Cabral ranks 5. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan (1480), Vasco da Gama (1460), Bartolomeu Dias (1450), and Prince Henry the Navigator (1394). After him are Diogo Cão (1440), Diogo Dias (1450), Diego Columbus (1479), Tristão da Cunha (1460), João Gonçalves Zarco (1390), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565).

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