13 Lesser-Known Historical Facts about Brazil:
1. The indigenous Tupi-Guarani people inhabited Brazil long before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500.
2. The Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral is credited with discovering Brazil for Europe.
3. The Amazon Rainforest, covering much of northern Brazil, is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
4. The city of Salvador was Brazil's first capital and a major port for the Atlantic
slave trade.
5. The Brazilian Gold Rush in the 18th century attracted thousands of Port
