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Pedro Cabral landed briefly in the New World and claimed a large area for Portugal. Which area did he claim?

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Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on the coast of present‑day Brazil (at Porto Seguro, Bahia) on 22 April 1500 and claimed that land for Portugal — initially calling it Ilha de Vera Cruz (later Terra de Santa Cruz).