Portuguese colonization of the Americas Portuguese colonization of the Americas Portugal was the leading country in the European exploration of the world in the 15th century. The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the Earth outside Europe into Castilian and Portuguese global territorial hemispheres for exclusive conquest and colonization. Portugal colonized parts of South America (mostly Brazil), but also made some unsuccessful attempts to colonize North America in present-day Canada. 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
FIBA Americas League Awards Ideal (English: Ideal Quintet) is the award for the league's best 5 players of each season. FIBA Americas League Awards FIBA Americas League Awards are the annual individual awards of the top-tier level men's professional club basketball league in Latin America, the FIBA Americas League (Portuguese: "FIBA Liga das Américas", Spanish: "FIBA Liga de las Américas"). The Grand Finals MVP is the award given to the best player of the Grand Final of the FIBA Americas League Final 4, which is the culminating final four tournament of each season's FIBA Americas League. The Top Scorer award is the award for