Pedro Álvares Cabral vs Vasco Núñez de Balboa
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Compare the life timelines of Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467–1520) and Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 44 years, from 1475 to 1519.
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Pedro Álvares Cabral (1467–1520)
- — Born in Belmonte, Portugal Verified
- — Sent to the court of King Afonso V as a young noble Verified
- — Received an allowance as a fidalgo of the king's council Verified
- — Appointed commander-in-chief of the second Portuguese India fleet Verified
- — Departed Lisbon with a fleet of thirteen ships Verified
- — Made the European discovery of Brazil Verified
- — Lost four ships in a storm near the Cape of Good Hope Verified
- — Arrived at Calicut, India, and established trade Verified
- — Returned to Lisbon and later married Isabel de Castro Verified
- — Died at Santarém, Portugal Verified
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475–1519)
- — Born in Jerez de los Caballeros, Spain Verified
- — Sailed to the New World with Rodrigo de Bastidas Verified
- — Settled on Hispaniola as a planter Verified
- — Co-founded Santa María la Antigua del Darién Verified
- — Stowed away on an expedition to the Gulf of Urabá Verified
- — Became interim governor of Veragua (Darién) Verified
- — Led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama Verified
- — First European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas Verified
- — Superseded as governor by Pedrarias Dávila Verified
- — Arrested, convicted of treason, and executed at Acla Verified