Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil for Europe.
Brazil . Brazil was inhabited by numerous tribal nations prior to the landing in 1500 of explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral , who claimed the area for the Portuguese Empire . Pedro Álvares Cabral ( [ ˈpeðɾu ˈaɫvɐr ʃ kɐˈβɾaɫ ] or [ ˈpedɾu ˈawvaɾis kaˈbɾaw ] ; c. 1467 or 1468 -- c. 1520 ) was a Portuguese nobleman , military commander , navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil .