The authors of NSC-68 rejected a renewal of U.S. isolationism, fearing that this would lead to the Soviet domination of Eurasia, and leave the United States marooned on the Western Hemisphere, cut off from the allies and resources it needed to fend off further Soviet encroachments.
Brazil was by far Portugal's largest colony by area and population. Brazil was reached by the Portuguese in 1500. Due to the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494, Portugal was allowed to colonize Brazil.
Trending Now. Answers. Best Answer: Actually, Brazil was probably discovered by the portuguese in secrecy sometime in the 1470's when portuguese ships sailed all over the north and south atlantic all by themselves, having done that since the 1420's, almost 100 years before any other european country.