Ilha de Santa Cruz, meaning Island of the Holy Cross or Saint Cross Island, and Terra de Vera Cruz, meaning land of the true cross were early names of the Portuguese colonies in South America that later became Brazil. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
The name Ilha de Santa Cruz was the first name given to the lands that Portuguese navigator and explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral first officially touched in South America. Pedro Álvares Cabral (about 1467/1468/1469 &ndash about 1520 ˈpeðɾʊ ˈaɫvɐɾɨʃ kɐˈβɾaɫ in Portuguese, ˈawvaɾiʃ caˈbɾaw in Brazilian) was In the 16th century, the land was recognised to be a continent rather than an island. A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant The name was thus changed to Terra de Vera Cruz. The country was subsequently divided for administration into the vice-kingdom of Brazil and that of Grão-Pará. The Viceroyalty of Brazil was the Portuguese Viceroyalty in Brazil. The vice-kingdom of Grão-Pará was one of the two Portuguese vice-kingdoms in South America corresponding to today's North Brazil.
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