GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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: -What countries were under the Portuguese Empire? The Portuguese empire controlled the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Principe around the coast of Africa; Cochin, Goa, and Colombo on the Indian sub-continent; Macao and Nagasaki in East Asia; Mozambique and Angola in Africa; and Brazil.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lisbon’s early goals were simple: monopolize the lucrative trade of pau-brasil, the red wood (valued for making dye) that gave the colony its name, and establish permanent settlements.