Pinzon Lands Brazil: First European on South America
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón drops anchor on Brazil's northeastern coast, pushing Spain and Portugal to scramble for a new treaty dividing the New World. This unexpected landing directly triggered the Treaty of Tordesillas, which redrawn global borders and cemented Portuguese control over what would become Brazil while leaving the rest of South America for Spanish claimants.
January 26, 1500
526 years ago
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