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Portugal could only offer a couple of solitary penalties by Pedro Cabral with Ulster easily snuffing out any attacking inclinations.
BBC: Ulster 62-6 Portugal
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In 1500, the Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral landed in Brazil and claimed it for his own country.
CNN: Saturday,
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Its discovery by the Portuguese came eight years later, on April 22nd 1500, and by accident, when a fleet commanded by Pedro Alvares Cabral and bound for India was blown off course.
ECONOMIST: Brazil��s 500 years of solitude