Pedro Alvares Cabral was a man that was bornin the year of 1467 in Santarem, Portugal. He died in the year of 1520 in Belmonte, Portugal with 53 years old. Pedro had a wife named Isabel de Castro and he had 6 children, Fernao, Antonio, Isabel, Catarina, Guiomar and Leonor. Cabral is the most famous person in the history of Brazil, because he discovered Brazil. His journey was that he was traveling to India to buy some spices in the year of 1500 with 33 years old but he got lost in his way and arrived in Brazil. He was traveling with more than 10 ships and 3 caravels, those caravels were the most important ships, their names were Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria. It took around 1 year to get to Brazil's land that was not yet discovered. The first city Cabral landed was a city that is now called Santa Cruz in the province of Bahia.