Pedro Alvares Cabral and his 13 ships departed Lisbon on ... A fleet of 13 ships even departed Lisbon to retrace the famous voyage, scheduled to arrive at Porto Seguro on 22 April.

1500: The navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral sights Brazil and claims it for Portugal. 1532: Colonists led by Martim Afonso de Sousa found the first permanent settlement at São Vincente, near Santos.