How did Portugal come to claim the land later known as Brazil?

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Amy

3 January, 20:41

How did Portugal come to claim the land later known as Brazil?

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Blackie · Answer 1

They took over Brazil and claimed it like when Columbus claimed America

Collin · Answer 2

Pope Alexander VI authored the Treaty of Tordesillas, which was signed in 1494. This treaty was designed to ease tensions between Castille and Portugal - two nations set on colonizing the New World. The treaty set up a line granting Castille everything to the west (today - Mexico, Cuba, Peru, the American Southwest) and Portugal everything to the east (today - Brazil).