<P> Based on the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas , the Portuguese Crown claimed it had territorial rights in the area visited by the Genoese explorer John Cabot in 1497 and 1498 on behalf of the Crown of England . To that end , in 1499 and 1500 , the Portuguese mariner João Fernandes Lavrador visited the northeast Atlantic coast and Greenland , which accounts for the appearance of `` Labrador '' on topographical maps of the period . Subsequently , in 1501 and 1502 , the Corte - Real brothers explored and charted Greenland and what is today the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador , claiming these lands as part of the Portuguese Empire . Fragmentary evidence also suggests a previous expedition in 1473 by João Vaz Corte - Real , their father , with other Europeans , to Terra Nova do Bacalhau ( Newfoundland of the Codfish ) in North America . The possible voyage of 1473 and several other possible pre-Columbian expeditions to North America in the 15th century , mostly from the Azores in the case of the Portuguese ( included in donation royal letters ) , remain matters of great controversy for scholars . Their existence is based on brief or fragmentary historical documents that are unclear concerning the destinations of voyages . </P>
<P> Based on the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas , the Portuguese Crown claimed it had territorial rights in the area visited by the Genoese explorer John Cabot in 1497 and 1498 on behalf of the Crown of England . To that end , in 1499 and 1500 , the Portuguese mariner João Fernandes Lavrador visited the northeast Atlantic coast and Greenland , which accounts for the appearance of `` Labrador '' on topographical maps of the period . Subsequently , in 1501 and 1502 , the Corte - Real brothers explored and charted Greenland and what is today the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador , claiming these lands as part of the Portuguese Empire . Fragmentary evidence also suggests a previous expedition in 1473 by João Vaz Corte - Real , their father , with other Europeans , to Terra Nova do Bacalhau ( Newfoundland of the Codfish ) in North America . The possible voyage of 1473 and several other possible pre-Columbian expeditions to North America in the 15th century , mostly from the Azores in the case of the Portuguese ( included in donation royal letters ) , remain matters of great controversy for scholars . Their existence is based on brief or fragmentary historical documents that are unclear concerning the destinations of voyages . </P>
where did the portuguese settle in the americas
where did the portuguese settle in the americas
Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador