Notions on the Chorography of Brazil (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Notions on the Chorography of Brazil Pedro Alvares Cabral, chosen by Don Manoel the Fortunate, king of Portugal, as the continuator of the great achievements of Vasco da Gama, who, the first, after a long age, had just effected the circumnavigation of Africa, and the planting of the flag of Portuguese dominion in India, sailed from the Tagus on the 9th March 1500, and as, in order that his squadron might avoid the calms of the coast of Guinea, had kept away considerably from the African coast, and fallen off much more than he had calculated on, to the west impelled by the ocean currents, at that time ignored, he saw on the 22nd April an unknown land, two days after which he entered and anchored in a sheltered bay, which he called Porto Seguro, and on the 1st of May, caused to be erected on the continent, a great cross of wood, which served for the celebration of the sacred bloodless sacrifice, as well as for the purpose of carving thereon the arms and device of the king of Portugal, in testimony of his sovereignty over the newly discovered country, which was taken, erroneously, for a large island, and immediately received the name of Vera Cruz, shortly afterwards changed to that of Terra de Santa Cruz, and finally - a few years later - this name was substituted by that of Brazil, which has since become perpetuated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.