King Manuel I and the Secret of Pedro Cabral's Expedition

In Portugal Christopher Columbus said that, he will pass the Atlantic Ocean in about 30 days in order to reach the eastern coast of Asia. Van Olmen shared this thought with Juan II after he looked through the Genoese seaman's project. It means that, the French seaman's expedition travelled in accordance with the transatlantic project prepared by Columbus besides the map made by Paolo Toscanelli. Santangel wanted to realize Columbus's project as he believed that, it was...
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In Portugal Christopher Columbus said that, he will pass the Atlantic Ocean in about 30 days in order to reach the eastern coast of Asia. Van Olmen shared this thought with Juan II after he looked through the Genoese seaman's project. It means that, the French seaman's expedition travelled in accordance with the transatlantic project prepared by Columbus besides the map made by Paolo Toscanelli.

Santangel wanted to realize Columbus's project as he believed that, it was important for his own future. Besides it, he believed that, new territories would be discovered and he would get a lot of wealth... Pinelli could get enough profits at the result of Columbus's expeditions and he was one of the first organizers of the Chamber of Commerce ("Casa de Contratacion") of Spain managing India in 1503".

In a word, Cabral had never been in Brazil during his travel and sailed to the south of Africa from Green Cape Islands. The proof: 7300 km between Brazilian coasts and Africa can't be overcome in 25 days. Even 40 days weren't enough for it. I think it is the next mystery of the history of geographical discoveries and the world community has to know it.

There was a simple thing to do: Even if Cabral approached Brazilian coasts, he had to prefer safer route in order to continue his travel. Thus, the expedition had to return to the south longitudes near the equator and to go to the Cape of Good Hope of Africa then.

There are some enigmas about the future of that travel. Bartolommeo Dias overcame 4500 km in four months, Vasco da Gama sailed 8200 km in three months and Cabral overcame 7200 km in 25 days. It doesn't seem real to sail 7300 km in 25 days for the navigation history of that time. It should be taken into consideration that, Cabral had overcome 3000-3200 km between Lisbon and Green Cape Islands in 45 days.

Plans of the organization, which controlled routes of expeditions of Portugal, turned upside down. May be, the route of Cabral's expedition was determined in Lisbon beforehand and the report of the travel towards the south of Africa was prepared and presented to the king Manuel I. It means that, the expedition sailed with another course and time of the travel was different. It is very serious claim, so may be scientists wouldn't agree with me. But my hypothesis is very different.

A question may be asked: First, if Cabral hadn't been in Brazilian coasts, how he and Pero Vaz de Caminha wrote letters about that discovery. Second, according to the historical document, wooden cross was put on the discovered land on May 1 and Enrique de Coimbra held religious ceremony for externalization of that event.

Improvisation of that event isn't very difficult and the scenario was written at the king's palace in Lisbon. What about the history of discovery? According to the chronologies, Brazil was discovered on April 22.

April 22 is Easter Holiday and it is celebrated by Catholics with great solemn. I think as the distance bet-ween Lisbon and Brazilian coasts was determined (According to my book "Enigmatic discovery of Brazil", Brazil was discovered by Duarte Pacheco Pereira in the first quarter of 1494), that territory had to be discovered in 30-35 days. Thus, the Portuguese seamen had to reach Brazilian coasts in April 20-25. That's why the date of the discovery was registered as April 22, as it was Easter Holiday.