Cabral (Pedro Alvares) 1500

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Cabral (Pedro Alvares) 1500

Post by shipstamps » Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:13 am


The stamp showing ships off the Cape is the Angola 2.50E (SG676) commemorative for the 500th anniversary of the birth of the famous Portuguese nobleman and navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral, which shows several of his ships sinking. This stamp seems to be based on an illustration in "The Great Age of Sail" (published in the U.K. by Patrick Stephens, Ltd., London E.C.4.). The text with the illustration is as follows: After Vasco da Gama opened up the route to the East Indies via the Cape of Good Hope, a squadron of 12 ships under Cabral sailed on March 9, 1500 to exploit the discovery. Landing in Brazil on April 22, Cabral despatched a messenger to announce the news to the King of Portugal and then sailed on. This admirable record is drawn up as a picture story, destined to immortalise the expedition. it shows the six ships which reached the Indies, and, half-submerged and sails aloft, the five which were shipwrecked. This illustration is taken from the original in the famous "Livros das Armadas" preserved in Lisbon's "Academy of Science".
There seems to be an error in the text, as a number of writers have stated that 13 ships comprise the fleet.
Besides Angola, other countries have issued commemorative stamps for Cabral's anniversary. Brazil has a 10c value showing four ships of the fleet and Mozambique and Timor also have single stamp issues. Only one ship of the fleet is known to me by name, the Annunciada, owned by the Florentine, Bartholomew Marchioni. Less than half the fleet returned safely home in 1501 the Annunciada being one of the surviving ships.
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Re: Cabral (Pedro Alvares) 1500

Post by Anatol » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:20 pm

A celebrated Portugese navigator, generally called the discoverer of Brazil, born probably around 1460; date of death uncertain. Very little is known concerning the life of Cabral. He was the third son of Fernao Cabral, Governor of Beira and Belmonte, and Isabel de Gouvea, and married Isabel de Castro, the daughter of the distinguished Fernando de Noronha. He must have had an excellent training in navigation and large experience as a seaman, for King Emmanuel of Portugal considered him competent to continue the work of Vasco da Gama, and in the year 1500 placed him in command of a fleet which was to set sail for India. His commission was to establish permanent commercial relations and to introduce Christianity wherever he went, using force of arms when necessary to gain his point. The nature of the undertaking led rich Florentine merchants to contribute to the equipment of the ships, and priests to join the expedition. Among the captains of the fleet, which consisted of thirteen ships with 1,200 men, were Bartolomeu Diaz, Pero Vaz de Caminha, and Nicolao Coelho, the latter the companion of da Gama. Da Gama himself gave the directions necessary for the course of the voyage. The fleet left Lisbon on 9 March 1500, and following the course laid down, sought to avoid the calms of the coast of Guinea. On leaving the Cape Verde Islands, where Luis Pirez was forced by a storm to return to Lisbon, they sailed in a decidedly southwestern direction. On 22 April a mountain was visible, to which the name of "Mt. Paschoal" was given; on the 23rd Coelho landed on the coast of Brazil, and on the 25th the entire fleet sailed into the harbor called "Porto Seguro". Cabral perceived that the new country lay east of the line of demarcation made by Alexander VI, and at once sent Andreas Gonçalvez (according to other authorities Gaspar de Lemos) to Portugal with the important findings. Believing the land to be an island he gave it the name of "Island of Vera Cruz" and took possession of it by erecting a cross and holding a religious service. The service was celebrated by the Franciscan, Father Henrique, afterwards Bishop of Ceuta, on the island called Coroa Vermelha in the bay of Cabralia. Cabral resumed his voyage on 3 May; by the end of the month the fleet approached the Cape of Good Hope, where it was struck by a storm in which four vessels, including that of Bartolomeu Diaz, were lost. With the ships now reduced to one half of the original number, Cabral reached Sofala on 16 July, and Mozambique on 20 July; in the latter place he received a cordial greeting. On 26 July he came to Kilwa where he was unable to make an agreement with the ruler; on 2 August he reached Melinde; here he had a friendly welcome and obtained a pilot to take him to India. At Calicut, where he arrived on 13 September, he met with many obstacles, so that he was obliged to bombard the town for two days; in Cochin and Kananur, however, he succeeded in making advantageous treaties. Cabral started the return voyage on 16 January, 1501, and arrived at Lisbon on 31 July, or, as it is sometimes given, on 23 June. On the way home he met Pero Diaz whom he had dispatched during his voyage to Magadoxo, and in September the last of his ships, in command of Sancho de Toar whom he had sent to Sofala, returned to Lisbon. . He retired to his estate in the Beira Baixa province of Portugal and spent his remaining years there. His tomb at Santarém was identified in 1848 by the Brazilian historian Francisco Adolfo Varnhagen.
In 1968, the year that marked the fifth centenary of the birth of Cabral, Brazil and Portugal honoured the memory of the “admiral of the fleet” in joint festivities. Both Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon have erected monuments in his honour.

Portugal1945;1d;SG?;1992;6,0e;SG?1969;1d;SG1353;3,5d;SG1354;6,5d;SG1355. Cabo Verde1968;1d; 1,5d; SG? Angola1968;2,5d;SG776. Brazil1984;65,0;1998;1,05;1,05;SG2893; SG2894; Argentina2000;25c;75c;SG? Cuba1992;5,0c;SG3747. Guinea- Bissau1983;50p;SG?1986;50p;SG? Laos1983;4k;SG677.

Source:www.polymernotes.org/biographies/BRA_bio_cabral.htm;
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/top ... res-Cabral
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Re: Cabral (Pedro Alvares) 1500

Post by Anatol » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:40 pm

Сabral(continuation)
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Re: Cabral (Pedro Alvares) 1500

Post by Anatol » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:36 pm

Pedro Alvares Cabral 1500
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