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To: Eternal_Bear

Pedro Alvares Cabral?


24 posted on 11/13/2015 6:35:59 AM PST by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Yes, Cabral hit the coast of Brazil in 1500 on a voyage to India. So if Columbus had never sailed, the discovery of the New World would have not been long delayed. (Of course people familiar with the Norse sagas knew about Leif Eriksson and Vinland.)


36 posted on 11/13/2015 8:53:08 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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