PORTUGAL
1.000 Escudos
12/03/1998
s.no: 9A7133388
grade: XF-
cat: 188c
comment: signature titles: Governador & Administrador.
signatures: António José Fernandes de Sousa & Abel Moreira Mateus.
FRONT / Pedro Álvares Cabral (c. 1467 or 1468 – c. 1520) was a Portuguese nobleman, military commander, navigator and explorer regarded as the discoverer of Brazil (22nd of April 1500).
BACK / Terra Brasilis - Brazilian jungle - different animals
and birds depicted; Portuguese caravela sailing ship; Part of Pero Vaz de Caminha's letter: "..a estender ---
os olhos não podiamos ver senão terra e arvoredos - Terra que nos parecia muito extensa"; (.a extend ---
the eye could see only land and thickets - earth that seemed to us too long).
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