Pedro Álvares Cabral
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Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and fleet commander best known for leading the 1500 voyage that resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pedro Álvares Cabral canonical | 19 |
| Pedro Álvares Cabral’s 1500 armada | 1 |
| Álvares Cabral | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T599741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pedro Álvares Cabral Context triple: [Portuguese Empire, explorer, Pedro Álvares Cabral]
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A.
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
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B.
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator who pioneered the sea route from Europe to India, becoming one of the most significant explorers of the Age of Exploration.
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C.
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
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D.
Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
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E.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pedro Álvares Cabral Target entity description: Pedro Álvares Cabral was a Portuguese navigator and fleet commander best known for leading the 1500 voyage that resulted in the European discovery of Brazil.
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A.
Bartolomeu Dias
Bartolomeu Dias was a 15th-century Portuguese navigator best known for being the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa, opening the sea route from Europe to Asia.
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B.
Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama was a Portuguese navigator who pioneered the sea route from Europe to India, becoming one of the most significant explorers of the Age of Exploration.
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C.
Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator was a 15th-century Portuguese prince who sponsored pioneering voyages along the West African coast, helping launch Europe’s Age of Exploration and the Portuguese maritime empire.
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D.
Diogo de Azambuja
Diogo de Azambuja was a 15th-century Portuguese nobleman and explorer best known for leading the expedition that established Portugal’s first major fortified trading post in West Africa.
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E.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe, significantly advancing European knowledge of world geography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Portuguese nobleman
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| allegiance | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| birthDate |
c. 1467
ⓘ
c. 1468 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Belmonte, Portugal ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Santarém
ⓘ
surface form:
Santarem, Portugal
|
| claimedFor | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| claimedTerritory | Brazil ⓘ |
| commanded |
Second Portuguese India Armada
ⓘ
surface form:
second Portuguese India Armada
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| commemoratedOn | Brazilian Discovery Day ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Vasco da Gama ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ |
| deathDate | c. 1520 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Santarém
ⓘ
surface form:
Santarem, Portugal
|
| departureDate | 9 March 1500 ⓘ |
| departurePort | Lisbon ⓘ |
| discovered | Brazil for Europe ⓘ |
| employer | Portuguese Crown ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
|
| ethnicGroup | Portuguese ⓘ |
| expedition |
Second Portuguese India Armada
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese India Armada of 1500
|
| familyName |
Pedro Álvares Cabral
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Álvares Cabral
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| fullName | Pedro Álvares Cabral self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Pedro ⓘ |
| hasImage | portrait of Pedro Álvares Cabral in Brazilian historical iconography ⓘ |
| hasMonument |
Monument to Pedro Álvares Cabral in Belmonte
ⓘ
statue in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| influenced | Portuguese colonization of Brazil ⓘ |
| landedOn | coast of present-day Brazil ⓘ |
| landfallDate | 22 April 1500 ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Portuguese ⓘ |
| metIndigenousPeople | Tupiniquim ⓘ |
| militaryRank | commander ⓘ |
| nobleTitle | fidalgo ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil
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commanding a fleet to India for the Portuguese Crown ⓘ leading the 1500 Portuguese expedition that reached Brazil ⓘ |
| occupation |
explorer
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military commander ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| partOf |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Portuguese maritime expansion
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedUnder | King Manuel I of Portugal ⓘ |
| spouse | Isabel de Castro ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous historical studies on the discovery of Brazil ⓘ |
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Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Álvares Cabral
this entity surface form:
Pedro Álvares Cabral’s 1500 armada