GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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Brazil was colonized by the
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Spanish
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Dutch
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Portuguese
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British
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1500, Pedro Alvares Cabral disembarked in Brazil with 1, 200 Portuguese adventurers after badly missing his destination in Southern Africa. Immediately, the colony became a Portuguese claim and quickly earned a unique identity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Portugal colonized parts of South America (Brazil, Colónia do Sacramento, Uruguay, Guanare, Venezuela), but also made some unsuccessful attempts to colonize North America (Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia in Canada).
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