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Byers, Ann,

Pedro Álvares Cabral : first European explorer of Brazil / Ann Byers. - First edition. - 48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 25 cm - Spotlight on explorers and colonization . - Spotlight on explorers and colonization. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Age of exploration -- Portugal vs. Spain -- Around Africa to India -- Pedro Cabral, captain -- Cabral prepares -- On the Atlantic -- Ashore -- Claiming Brazil -- Discovery: accident or planned? -- To Africa -- East Africa -- "City of Spices" -- Deadly competition -- Revenge -- Cochin -- Homeward bound -- No more expeditions -- A place in history.

ISBN: 9781477788233 (library bound) 1477788239 (library bound) 9781477788219 (pbk.) 1477788212 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2016001008

Subjects--Personal Names:
Cabral, Pedro Alvares, -1520? --Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Explorers--History--Portugal--Juvenile literature.
Explorers--History--Brazil--Juvenile literature.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Brazil--Discovery and exploration--Portuguese--Juvenile literature.
Portugal--History--Period of discoveries, 1385-1580--Juvenile literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Illustrated works.
Biographies.