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Portugal's Pedro Alvarez Cabral was the first European to explore Brazil (April 22nd1500). Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until she gained independence almost three centuries later (September 7th 1822).

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The country of Portugal once had the country of Brazil as a possession. Brazil then became its own country in 1822 after gaining independence from Portugal.

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