Which portuguese explorer reached south america

The male warriors painted their bodies vividly in red and black quarterings. The women were attractive and one had coloured her buttocks and thighs black, while leaving the rest of her body unadorned.

After staying another eight days, Cabral sailed back across the Atlantic to round the Cape of Good Hope and reach Calicut on the west coast of India. A follow-up expedition of under Gonzalo Coelho, with Amerigo Vespucci as its chronicler, explored some 2, miles of the Brazilian coast and paved the way for subsequent systematic Portuguese settlement. Cabral, however, was given no further employment.

Magellan named the ocean the Pacific meaning 'peaceful' because it was calm and pleasant when he entered it. By now one of his ships had deserted, but the other four started the journey across their new-found sea. To everyone's amazement, the crossing was to take three months and 20 days.

Magellan and his men suffered terrible hunger on the voyage. They ran out of fresh food and many died of scurvy. No: he was killed in a fight with islanders in the Philippines. In fact, the first person to sail around the world was a Malaysian, who had come back to Europe with Magellan many years before and then went as an interpreter on his later voyage.

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Cold War. World War I. Julian in August. On October 21, he finally discovered the strait he had been seeking. The Strait of Magellan, as it became known, is located near the tip of South America, separating Tierra del Fuego and the continental mainland. Only three ships entered the passage; one had been wrecked and another deserted.

It took 38 days to navigate the treacherous strait, and when ocean was sighted at the other end Magellan wept with joy. On March 6, , the expedition landed at the island of Guam. Ten days later, they dropped anchor at the Philippine island of Cebu—they were only about miles from the Spice Islands. Magellan met with the chief of Cebu, who after converting to Christianity persuaded the Europeans to assist him in conquering a rival tribe on the neighboring island of Mactan. In fighting on April 27, Magellan was hit by a poisoned arrow and left to die by his retreating comrades.

One ship attempted, unsuccessfully, to return across the Pacific.