Padrão

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A padrão (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈðɾɐ̃w], lit. 'standard'; plural: padrões) is a stone pillar left by Portuguese maritime explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries to record significant landfalls and thereby establish primacy and possession.

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