Brazil was discovered by accident. Pedro Alvares Cabral, a Portuguese salior, arrived at an unknown seashore, where there were beautiful palm trees, the bare natives and the white sands, because of the wind and waves on the way to India. Pero Vaz de Caminha, a secretary of the ship, reported that a new land was full of richness and beauty, but a Portuguese king was not interested in Brazil because he lost himself in trading with India at that time, so Brazil was not colonized by Portugal until 1530.