Calicut was now more hostile than ever 2. failed to establish a factory at Calicut (massacred) 3. failed to bring the 'Hindu Church' in line (the friars that survived reported the Hindus weren't Christians after all, just "idolaters") 4. failed to make a treaty with Kilwa 5. failed to establish a factory at Sofala (seen from afar by Tovar, but that is all) However, Cabral's expedition accomplished much as well: 1. began friendly relations with Cochin, Canannore, and Quilon 2. opened a factory in Cochin, poorer than Calicut perhaps, but workable 3. discovered true Christian communities in Cranganore 4. discovered and scouted Sofala 5. discovered Brazil, which might serve as a useful staging post for future India runs 6. discovered Madagascar and explored the African coast up to Cape Guardafui and the Gulf of Aden by Diego Dias 7. brought back many spices, which were loaded into the Lisbon warehouses and sold at no small profit for the crown treasury However, the ship and human losses weighed heavily against Cabral being honored or rewarded. Allegations of "incompetence" flew in the circles that mattered. Although Cabral was initially offered the command of the 4th Armada, scheduled for 1502, it seemed more like a pro forma gesture than a sincere offer. The crown made it clear that Cabral's command would be limited and supervised—conditions humiliating enough to force Cabral to withdraw his name. The 4th Armada would ultimately be placed under the command of Vasco da Gama. Although the reaction of Portuguese court opinion in 1501 upon Cabral's return was generally low, it ascended retrospectively. Cabral's discovery of Brazil, initially received as a minor discovery of little interest, turned out to be much more momentous. The follow-up Brazilian mapping expeditions of 1501–02 and 1503–04, under the captaincy of Gonçalo Coelho, carrying Amerigo Vespucci, revealed a massive continent which Vespucci famously labelled a "New World". The plenitude of brazilwood (pau-brasil) discovered by the mapping expeditions on its shores lured the interest of European cloth industry and led to the 1505 contract granted to Fernão de Loronha for the commercial exploitation of Brazil. The lucrative brazilwood trade eventually drew competition from French and Spanish interlopers, forcing the Portuguese government to take a more active interest in Cabral's "Land of Vera Cruz". This finally led to the establishment of the first Portuguese colonies in colonial Brazil in 1532. See also Carta de Pêro Vaz de