Brazil: a most popular country in South America (Photos)

Go to Brazil to visit orTravelingFriends often ask us: whySpainThe settlers first arrived at the South American continent, and has a vast territory, rich in Brazil but fell to the Portuguese hands? The general history books are explained: 1492 "found" Kolumb new routes and new land, two big maritime power, Spain and Portugal have all been "discovered" land take forcible possession of, claim to be God gave them the inviolability of the property. The lust and colonial plunder by the contradiction western portugal.

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The Vatican to prevent conflict between the two Catholic country, and the protection of the Catholic Church in the new "discovered" land monopoly profits, from 1493 onwards, the two times "Persuasion", mediation and arbitration. The two countries after years of diplomatic negotiations, the agreement reached in June 7, 1494 in the Spanish border town of Thor Desi Ehas, signed the Treaty of Thor Desi Ehas's famous "" (TratadodeTordesillas), the two countries accept the boundaries of Pope Alexander Las final provisions, the virtual boundary is along the west of the Cape Verde Islands 370 leagues (1 case 5.5737 kilometers) designated office meridian, admitted requirements on the line west territory on the east line of territorial claims in Portugal and spain.

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Spain also did not expect, divide this hypothesis (about the west longitude 48 �� -49 ��) in the southern hemisphere right across Brazil today, from Belen to Santos east of South america. The story here, you may ask: is the Pope to protect Portuguese? No, on the contrary, a friend from Argentina learned told us a little-known historical anecdote: the original Pope Alexander Las is Spanish, was born in Spain and Valencia, whose real name is Rodriguez Borja, he in the mediation, arbitration and colonial boundary dispute, seems to be fair, in fact is in favor of the home country of spain.

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In that period, region of western South American mainland rich in gold, silver, the Spanish colonists scramble for, while the East is covered with virgin forest wilderness, few people tread, the Pope "generous" to portugal. Later proved, eccentric Pope helped Spain an inverted busy. Soon after, the Portuguese royal family has repeatedly sent expedition fleet westward, have "found" and occupied the South American continent, large tracts of land, and even beyond the "Papal Meridian", gradually expanded into later became known as the Brazil this vast land. Brazil became a colony of Portugal, the Portuguese became the Brazil mandarin. Finished the story above, we also answer to another problem friends frequently raised: why Latin America's largest country speaks Portuguese?