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  2. Discovery of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    The world map by Juan de la Cosa, dated 1500, is the oldest nautical chart depicting Brazil Many scholars assert that the real discoverer of Brazil was the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón , who on 26 January 1500 landed at the Cape of Santo Agostinho [ pt ] , on the southern coast of Pernambuco .

  3. History of Brazil - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, Brazil was a staunch ally of the United States and sent its military to Europe. The United States provided over $100 million in Lend-Lease grants, in return for free rent on air bases used to transport American soldiers and supplies across the Atlantic, and naval bases for anti-submarine operations.

  4. Cantino planisphere - Wikipedia

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    The Cantino planisphere or Cantino world map is a manuscript Portuguese world map preserved at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena, Italy. It is named after Alberto Cantino, an agent for the Duke of Ferrara, who successfully smuggled it from Portugal to Italy in 1502. It measures 220 x 105 cm. [1]

  5. Map of Juan de la Cosa - Wikipedia

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    The map of Juan de la Cosa is a world map that includes the earliest known representation of the New World and the first depiction of the equator and the Tropic of Cancer on a nautical chart. The map is attributed to the Castilian navigator and cartographer, Juan de la Cosa , and was likely created in 1500.

  6. Cartography of Latin America - Wikipedia

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    Cartography of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire began mapping the realms they explored and settled. They also speculated on the lands that were marked terra incognita. Indigenous groups ...

  7. Miller Atlas - Wikipedia

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    "Terra Brasilis" by Pedro Reinel and Lopo Homem, Miller Atlas, in the French National Library in Paris Map of the Atlas Miller showing the Indian Ocean. The Miller Atlas, also known as Lopo Homem-Reineis Atlas, is a richly illustrated Portuguese partial world atlas dated from 1519, including a dozen charts.

  8. Fossil of new reptile species found in Brazil sheds light on ...

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    SAO JOAO DO POLESINE, Brazil (Reuters) -Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of one of the world's oldest fossils believed to belong to an ancient reptile dating back some 237 million ...

  9. File:Flag map of the Empire of Brazil.svg - Wikipedia

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    Flag map of the Empire of Brazil: Date: 26 January 2012, 02:37 (UTC) Source: This file was derived from: Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg: Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg: Author: File:Flag of Empire of Brazil (1870-1889).svg; File:Brazilian Empire 1828 (orthographic projection).svg