Question

In 1500, this explorer sailed 13 ships into the western Atlantic Ocean, headed for Asia The ships landed on the eastern coast of what he assumed was a large island in fact, it was the continent South America The land he claimed as a colony for Portugal eventually became the country of Brazil.

Answer 1

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Step-by-step explanation:

His fleet of 13 ships sailed far into the western Atlantic Ocean, perhaps intentionally, and made landfall (April 1500) on what he initially assumed to be a large island.