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The first wave of Indian immigration to Brazil began when a small number of Sindhis had arrived there from Suriname and Central America (mainly from Belize and Panama) in the 1960s to set up shop as traders in the city of Manaus.
Brazil–India relations are the bilateral relations between Brazil and India. Brazil was the first Latin American nation to establish diplomatic relations with India in 1948. The ties were elevated to a strategic partnership in 2006, opening a new phase in the bilateral relations. [ 1 ]
Reenactment of a Viking landing in L'Anse aux Meadows. Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories are speculative theories which propose that visits to the Americas, interactions with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, or both, were made by people from elsewhere prior to Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Caribbean in 1492. [1]
In 1500, Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral used the prevailing winds on the Atlantic for a volta do mar, and thereby became the first European to arrive in Brazil. European sailors found the stop useful on the way to India. Since the Suez Canal opened, the Cape Route has been used when passage through Suez is refused, or by Capesize ships.
The book has 22 chapters, with Chapter 1 discussing the motive behind the voyage to Brazil and Chapters 2-5 describing the sights and events that occurred during the voyage to Brazil. Chapters 6-20 consist of Léry describing the land of Brazil, the physical description of the indigenous people, and the behaviors and customs of the indigenous ...
The first permanent Portuguese settlement in the land which would become Brazil was São Vicente, which was established in 1532 by Martim Afonso de Sousa. As the years passed, the Portuguese would slowly expand their frontiers westward, conquering more lands from both indigenous Americans and the Spanish.
The Ambassador of India to the Federative Republic of Brazil is the chief diplomatic representative of India to Brazil. The embassy is located in SES 805 Lote 24, Asa Sul, Brasília, Federal District; CEP: 70452–901. The embassy is headed by the Ambassador, while a consulate located in São Paulo is headed by a Consulate general.
1494—First boats fitted with cannon doors and topsails. 1498—Vasco da Gama led the first fleet around Africa to India, arriving in Calicut. 1498—Duarte Pacheco Pereira explores the South Atlantic and the South American Coast North of the Amazon River. 1500—Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil on his way to India.