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Headword Date Article Type
Cabral, Pedro Alvares 1467 - 1520 P
Magellan, Ferdinand 1480 - 1521 P
Ceuta, Morocco, captured by Portugal 1415 T Note
Portuguese discover Madeira, settle and cultivate the island 1418 T Note
Portugal discovers the Azores, an uninhabited archipelago 1432 T Note
West African coast explored by Portuguese navigators 1436 T
Moors lose Tangiers to Portugal 1471 - 1580 T
Fernando Po discovers an island (later named after him) off the West African coast 1472 T
Fort Sao Jorge da Mina built on the Gold Coast by the Portuguese 1481 T
Diogo Cao lands in Angola 1484 T
Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Spain and Portugal 1493 T Note
Expulsion of Jews from Portugal 1495 T Note
Pedro Alvares Cabral travels to Brazil and then to India 1500 T Note
Beothuk Indians enslaved by Miguel Corte-Real 1501 T
Portuguese claim tribute from Zanzibar 1503 T
Portuguese sack Mombasa after its refusal to pay tribute 1505 T Note
First Portuguese settlement in Brazil established by Deigo Alvaros Correa 1509 T
Portuguese sail to Moluccas, Malacca and Macao 1509 - 1516 T
Portugal captures Goa 1510 - 1510 T Note
Portugal occupies Malacca; gain control of spice route 1511 T

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