Spanish explorer Vicente Yáñez Pinzón makes the first recorded European sighting of the Brazilian coast on January 26, 1500, while captaining a ship in a fleet led by Pedro Álvares Cabral.is recognized for landing near present-day Pernambuco. He named the area Cabo de Santa María de la Consolación and explored the mouth of the Amazon River.
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