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Romantic depiction of the first landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500.
Ilha de Vera Cruz (Portuguese pronunciation:[ˈiʎɐdʒiˈvɛɾɐˈkɾu(j)s]) (Portuguese for Island of the True Cross) was the first name given by the Portuguese navigators to the northeast coast of what later became Brazil. The name was later changed to Terra de Santa Cruz (Land of the Holy Cross).
When the Portuguese fleet, under Pedro Álvares Cabral, first officially touched land in South America on April 22, 1500, they thought they had found an island, as reflected in the chosen name. They took possession for the Kingdom of Portugal of what was believed to be an island of strategic importance on a western connection between Portugal and the Moluccas and other islands of the East Indies. This discovery marked the beginning of Portuguese colonization in South America. The name was changed to Terra de Santa Cruz when it was realized that it was not an island, but in fact part of a continent.
In 1534, the colonies of Terra de Santa Cruz became the Captaincies of Brazil, land grants to Portuguese captains General by King John III of Portugal.
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IlhadeVeraCruz (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈiʎɐ dʒi ˈvɛɾɐ ˈkɾu(j)s]) (Portuguese for Island of the True Cross) was the first name given by the Portuguese...
[unreliable source?] The land of what became Brazil was first called IlhadeVeraCruz ("Island of the True Cross") by the Portuguese captain Pedro Álvares...
in Porto Seguro. Believing the land to be an island, he named it IlhadeVeraCruz (Island of the True Cross). The previous expedition of Vasco da Gama...
VI, Chapter 34 Tacitus, [[Agricola (book) |Agricola]], 10. Pomponius Mela, De Situ Orbis, III, 57. Charles Vallancey (1772) An essay on the antiquity of...
letters, including the letter of Pero Vaz de Caminha. Believing the land to be an island, he named it IlhadeVeraCruz (Island of the True Cross). Some historians...
related to History of Brazil 1500–1808 Colony. Colonization IlhadeVeraCruz (Terra de Santa Cruz) Portuguese colonization of the Americas#Colonization of...
Tupi and Guarani, native languages), Terra de Santa Cruz (early Portuguese colonization), IlhadeVeraCruz (former, Portuguese), Empire of Brazil (former...
(1469-1521), informing him about the arrival in Brazil, then called IlhadeVeraCruz (Island of the True Cross), by the fleet of Pedro Álvares Cabral that...
square kilometres (56 sq mi). There are two municipalities on the island: VeraCruz (87% of the land area) and Itaparica (13%). Itaparica has 40 kilometres...
reference to the denomination of Brazil in its beginnings (Terra de Santa Cruz or Ilha da VeraCruz); and the Sun illuminated the future, means that the inhabitants...
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western film directed by Lima Barreto. After some reluctance by its studio VeraCruz, Barreto shot it in 1952. After its release it was national and international...
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(Aeroporto de Santa Catarina) and officially Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, is an international airport in the civil parish of Santa Cruz in the...
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