Question

Cabral traveled to what is now Rio

de Janeiro
A after de Gama went there.
B three times after 1492.
C
D
before Magellan and del Cano.
in the same year that Columbus
was making his first trip overseas.

Answer 1

Cabral traveled to Rio de Janeiro in the same year as Columbus.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cabral traveled to what is now Rio de Janeiro in the same year that Columbus was making his first trip overseas. In 1500, Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral arrived in Brazil and claimed the territory for Portugal. He discovered the region while attempting to establish a trade route to India, following the path that Vasco da Gama had taken to reach India.

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