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There is no evidence that the Portuguese knew Brazil. They are hypotheses, like the voyages of the Basque-Spanish and French whalers to America before 1492. It makes no sense to say that Christopher Columbus was a Portuguese spy, and at the same time say that he did not know of the existence of Brazil, and that is why I wanted to be the first to travel there. He seemed like a really bad spy then. England and France also did not accept Christopher Columbus's proposal, before he traveled to Spain, because they did not believe (like the king of Portugal) in that trip. In fact, when Christopher Columbus returns from Europe in 1493, and a storm diverts the fleet to Portugal, the Portuguese king is so surprised that he sends a ship to the ocean to confirm the existence of those new lands or India. It was necessary to make two treaties before the year 1500, because the Portuguese began to investigate. Spain began sailing long before Portugal. The empire of Aragon crossed the entire Mediterranean and conquered Sicily (1282), Athens (1311), Corsica and Sardinia (1326-27), Djerba, Tunisia, África (1380. When the Portuguese, Henry "The Navigator", was not yet born. Portugal's first colony in Africa is Ceuta 1415) Castile destroyed the Portuguese fleet in 1370, fllet of England in 1372, and the German fleet in 1419. Spanish invasion of south of England 5 times between 1377-1411. They arrived in the Canary Islands in 1404, although there were already Castilian settlers in 1341. Spain also had great sailors. Spain always had an empire twice that of Portugal, with a power in Europe that the Portuguese could not dream of: 200 years in the Spanish Netherlands, 160 years in parts of France and Germany. 60 years in Portugal. 70 years in Greece. 457 years in Italy. Spanish king in England, capture of the French king, Spanish emperor in Germany. The only Portuguese conquest in Europe is the Algarve. Portugal had great sailors. Spain too. We discovered three continents: America, Oceania and Antarctica, in addition to the first trip around the world. Brazil is the largest country in Latin America. But the Spanish territory in America is larger, and there are 480 million Spanish speakers in America. 218 million Portuguese speakers. There are 5 countries in Hispanic America among the 66 with very high human development in the world. Brazil is not on the list. Spanish empire in Asia and Oceania: Filipinas, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malasya, Vietnam, Papúa Nueva Guinea, Brunei, Fiji, Tahití, Kiribati. Discovery de New Zeland (Spanish helmet, XVI century). Hawai (Spanish map, XVI century) The Spanish arrived in Brazil before (Pinzón, 1500, before Cabral). Orellana, a Spaniard, was the first to explore the Amazon (1541). Portugal made an empire in Brazil, because England was afraid of the Spanish invasion of Brazil and Portugal. It was like a protectorate. For Spain it was more convenient for Portugal to be in Brazil, like a buffer. We had to repel more than 100 British attacks on Spanish America, defeating almost all the British fleets there.

The more I watch this. the more angry I become. Schools and farms to assimilate 'force' Aboriginees into European ways of life. Forced religion on a way of life that had existed for more than 40000 years longer than Christianity. Despite these measures, including the introduction of 'Protected Land'.....it was all Aboriginal land until it was invaded!! The Frontier Wars! Guns vs spears. "These often violent confrontations were often the result of the attempt of the Aboriginal peoples to warn off the 'interloping settlers!' by attacking their farms, burning crops and stealing livestock and killing some of the colonists'. Their invaders!!!!! What would you do if Chinese or Russians invaded your home??? If anyone invaded your home?? Please, historians. Shake the colonial facade and say it how it was, not how you think people should here it.

But Spain was the first global empire, in all 5 continents. Not only in the Eurasian-North African area. Europe: 1282-1759 (457 years) Africa: 1380-1975 (595 years) America: 1492-1898 (406 years) Asia: 1520-1898 (378 years) Oceania: 1520-1899 (379 years) Antardida: 1603 Islam in Spain lasted almost 8 centuries. But it lost half of the territory in the fourth century of occupation. In the sixth century it only had 1/4 part, and in the seventh and eighth century of occupation only an eighth and tenth part. When Islam arrived here, the Western Roman Empire was dead, and Egypt was Islamic. 200 years before the end of Islam here, in 1492, Castile and Aragon were European powers: conquest of Siclia (1282), Athens (1311), destruction of the English fleet at Rochelle (1372), 5 invasions of southern England ( 1377-1411), victory over the fleet of the German Hanseatic League (1419), conquest of Naples (1442)...

You don't know what a superpower is. Portugal had a great seafaring history, but it was never a European power. Spain has been the world's first global superpower, only compared to the USA. Spain is the only empire that dominated Europe and the world at the same time. Portugal, UK and USA never had an empire in Europe. Napoleon's France, Hitler's Germany or Russia were strong in Europe, but they did not have a world empire. 1516. Annexation of the Netherlands. 1519. Spanish emperor in Germany 1525. Conquest of Milan. Capture of the French king, prisoner in Madrid 1527. Occupation of Rome. Capture of the Pope of Rome 1556. Spain dominates the 4 European powers that year: -Philip II is king of England, upon marrying Mary Tudor, half-Spanish queen of England -Charles I, father of Philip, is emperor of Germany That year, Philip invades France and defeats the French king. Spanish NATO of 457 years in Italy. Domain in the Netherlands. Portugal could not defeat any major European country in a direct war, only with multiple allies. Spain could fight against 5 powers at the same time -1568. Spain reconquers the Netherlands, executing Protestant leaders -1568. Spain invades France to support Catholics -1571. Battle of Lepanto. 200 Turkish ships destroyed -1580. Conquest of Portugal -1585. 100 Dutch ships destroyed in a single night -1583-88 Spanish conquest of Germany. That is why southern Germany and the Palatinate are Catholic today -1589. Destruction of Drake's English Invincible Fleet, sinking 60-80 ships -1590. Spanish invasion of Paris: That's why France is Catholic today 30 years later, Spain is still the largest world power, fighting against several powers at the same time -1613. Spain destroys the Venice fleet -1617. Spain defeats the Turkish fleet -1618. Spanish invasion of Germany. -1625. Spain destroys 62 ships of the combined fleet of England and the Netherlands -1625. Spain destroys the Dutch fleet in Brazil, the Philippines and Puerto Rico -1625. Spain defeats France in Italy. Spanish invasion of Genoa -1625. Spain defeats England, Holland and Denmark in Breda, Holland. -1626. Spain defeats France in Italy -1629. Spain destroys the combined fleet of England and France -1630. Spain wins the war against England -1634. Spain defeats the Swedes in Germany -1636. Spain invades France, threatening Paris -1648. Spain defeats France in Italy -1652. Spain beats France in Catalonia -1656. Spain beats France in France -1695 Or the great Spanish victories in the 18th century -1734. Spanish conquest of Italy, defeating Austria -1339-48 Spain defeats the United Kingdom in the War of Jenkins' Ear, capturing 400 British ships in the assault. 100 Spanish ships captured. -1741. Battle of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. 50 British ships destroyed -1763. Victory over the United Kingdom and Portugal in Uruguay -1777-82. Spanish blockade of the United Kingdom. Capture of two British fleets of 24 and 55 ships. Collapse of the London stock market. Spain gives the silver real or Spanish dollar to the USA. Also to China and Japan. -1797. 3 wins against Nelson. Spanish victory against the British fleet in Puerto Rico. -1805. The British win at Trafalgar 1805. Sinking 11 Spanish and 13 French ships -1806-07. Spain wins the last direct battle between the two countries, with a declaration of war, in Argentina and Uruguay, capturing the redcoats and British generals.

The Spanish version of the expansion of Brazil is that the British wanted to expand in America. As Portugal was an ally of England/United Kingdom, the British could not attack Brazil, as they destroyed the French empire in Quebec and India in the 18th century, and the Dutch empire in North America in the 19th century (New Amsterdam. New York now ). The British could not enter through the jungle to attack Peru or Colombia, for that reason. So Spain allowed Portugal to expand into Brazil. We already have 4 million km2 of Amazon rainforest in America. The British attempted the invasion of Spanish America across the coast, in more than 100 attacks, some massive, over the centuries, because they were obsessed with those riches. Spain defeated Drake in 5 battles in the Caribbean in 1595-96 We defeated the English and French in the Caribbean in 1629 They captured Jamaica in 1655, but lost at Santo Domingo that year. We also stopped them in the Asiento war of 1726 We captured over 400 British ships in the Jenkins Ear War of 1739-48. Destroying 50 ships of the British Royal Navy at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, 1741 They captured Havana and Manila in 1762 (Cuba and the Philippines). But they changed it to Florida. Spain defeated the British and Portuguese in Uruguay 1763, and we received French Louisiana that year, so that the British would not capture it. We defeated the British in Florida, Louisiana, Central America, Bahamas, Uruguay and Menorca in 1777-83. They held Gibraltar. Spain made a naval blockade of the United Kingdom between 1779-82, capturing 80 British ships, which sank the London Stock Exchange. Nelson again attacked Central America, Cádiz and Tenerife in 1797, and was defeated in all 3 battles. The British fleet captured Trinidad and Tobago that year, but failed to capture Puerto Rico. In 1805 they won at Trafalgar. Spain defeated two British invasion fleets in Argentina and Uruguay 1806-07. We couldn't capture Brazil and defend it, because we only had 10 million inhabitants in 1800. Better Portugal there. When Spain and Portugal lost their continental empires in the Americas, the British captured the Falklands in 1833, and took the land between Mozambique and Angola from Portugal in 1890, creating a major crisis in Portugal. Spain was no longer a problem, and the alliance with Portugal was not essential for them. The United Kingdom had the island to defend itself from continental invasions, and could choose the moments to attack other territories. Spain and Portugal defeated the Netherlands in Brazil in 1625 and 1631. And Portugal also stopped the Dutch and French there later.