In April 22, 1550, the country that we know today as Brazil, was discovered. This time Christopher didn’t sail the seven seas to find South America and Brazil. This time it was a Portuguese explorer who discovered Brazil. This Portuguese explorer was called Pedro Alvares. Pedro wasn’t trying to look for new land, he was simply trying to go for India. On his way heading west, like any explorer, he ended up on one of the coasts of South America. Now this isn’t just any coast of South America, he landed on the coast of Brazil. When he got there, as a European explorer, he declared Brazil territory of the Portuguese empire before anyone else could declare it their empires land. The day that Brazil declared its independence from the
