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ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSO DEAfonso de Albuquerque (14??-1515) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer who sailed to the Spice Is toss offs (the Moluccas, a group of Islands in Indonesia) in 1507-1511, trying to monopolize trade with this area from Europe, he sailed around Africa to the Indian Ocean. He was appointed the Viceroy of India by King Emmanuel in 1509. He forcibly destroyed the Indian city of Calicut in January, 1510, and took Goa (in southern India) in March, 1510, claiming Goa for Portugal.AYLLON, LUCAS VAZQUEZ DELucas Vzquez de Aylln (1475-1526) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who tried to come to the fore a colony in North America in 1526. He was the inaugural European colonizer of what is now South Carolina. His attempt to be the coast of the Carolinas (near the mouth of the Peedee River at Winyah Bay) was unsuccessful. BALBOA, VASCO NUNEZ DEVasco Nunez de Balboa (1475-1519) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer. He was the first European to see the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean (in 1513), subsequently crossing the Isthmus of Panama overland. CABEZA DE VACA, ALVAR NUNEZAlvar Nuez Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca means "head of a overawe" (1490?-1557?) was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. He traveled from Florida to Texas on a raft, then walked from Texas to Mexico City. He likewise explored the Paraguay River in South America. De Vaca and his fellow travelers were the first Europeans to see the bison, or American buffalo. CABRAL, PEDRO ALVARESPedro lvares Cabral (1467-1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, explorer, and navigator who was the first European to see brazil (on April 22, 1500). His patron was King Manuel I of Portugal, who sent him on an expedition to India. Cabrals 13 ships left on March 9, 1500, following the route of Vasco da Gama. On April 22,1500, he sighted land (Brazil), claiming it for Portugal and naming it the "Island of the True Cross." King Manuel renamed thi s land Holy Cross it was later renamed once again, to Brazil, after a lovely of dyewood found there, called pau-brasil. Cabral stayed in Brazil for 10 days and then keep on his way to India, in a trip fraught with shipwrecks (at the drapery of Good Hope), and fighting (with Muslim traders in India). After trading for spices in India, Cabral returned to Portugal on June 23, 1501, with only four of the original 13 ships.