Pedro Álvares Cabral was a 15th century Portuguese nobleman who led an expedition to India in 1500 but ended up discovering Brazil; Cabral was well-educated and known for his courteous, prudent, generous, and tolerant nature; while intending to trade spices in India, Cabral's fleet landed in Brazil and he claimed the new territory for Portugal, dispatching a ship to inform the king.

1. Pedro Álvares CabralThe discoverer of brazilIsha Lamba8B Humanities

2. childhoodCabral was born in 1467 at Belmonte in PortugalComing from a minor noble family, he received a good educationHe was one of five boys and six girls of Fernão Álvares Cabral and Isabel GouveiaHe would have been roughly age 17 on 30 June 1484 when he was named moço fidalgo, after his nobility

3. characteristicsWell-learnedCourteous PrudentGenerousTolerant with enemiesHumbleRespectable

4. Expedition to IndiaCabral was appointed head of an expedition to India in 1500, with the objective to return with valuable goods (spices, cotton), trading with Arab, Turkish and Italian merchants.Instead, he ended up on the coast of BrazilAs the new land was within the Portuguese sphere according to the Treaty of Tordesillas, Cabral claimed it for the Portuguese Crown.He dispatched a ship to notify King Manuel I of the new territory.The land he had claimed for Portugal later came to be known as Brazil.The fleet reprovisioned and then turned eastward to resume the journey to India.