Quotes:Cabral, Pedro Alvarez

Zirkoff, Boris

Cabral, Pedro Alvarez (1460-1526). Portuguese navigator, discoverer of Brazil. Very little is known about his life, except for the period of 1500-1501. Distinguished himself as an able mariner, and King Manuel gave him command of a fleet of thirteen vessels with 1500 men to duplicate the voyage of Vasco de Gama, and, rounding the Cape of Good Hope, to reach India and establish commercial relations with it. Left Lisbon March 9, 1500, and followed de Gama’s suggestion to take a Western course over the Atlantic, to avoid absence of winds along the African Coast. Reached America on April 22nd, and after taking possession of the land for Portugal, continued to India, where he signed a treaty with the Prince of Cochin. After many losses of ships at sea, returned to his native land and retired to private life.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 2, p. 524