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| 1494 |
| | In negotiations about the New World at Tordesillas, the king of Portugal insists on a new demarcation line which later brings him Brazil | |
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| 1500 |
| | Portuguese explorer Pedro Cabral, with a fleet of thirteen ships, makes landfall in Brazil | |
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| 1549 |
| | Brazil becomes a Portuguese royal province, under the control of a governor general | |
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| 1549 |
| | The first Portuguese governor general of Brazil selects Bahia (now Salvador) as his capital | |
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| 1693 |
| | Gold is found in Brazil, launching the first great American gold rush | |
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