Into the Depths of the Amazon

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History - A Voyage Gone Wrong

Departing on March 9th, 1500, 13 ships and 1,200 men under Admiral Cabral set out to reach India by skirting Africa in the footsteps of Vasco da Gama. Their voyage somehow, through misnavigation or secret intention, ran them into Brazil on April 22nd, 1500. Here, the first recorded interaction between European and Amazonian took place. It was a very peaceful meeting, with mutual joy upon discovery, a sort of calm before the storm, as the distinctions of Amazonian and European ceased to matter during the 10 days of Admiral Cabral's expedition around Brazil.

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