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Headword Date Article Type
Bengal reached by the Portuguese 1528 T
Cape Verde reached by Portuguese navigators 1446 T Note
Diogo Cao, the Portuguese explorer, sails around the Congo river 1483 T
Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Magellan Strait and enters the Pacific 1520 - 1520 T
First circumnavigation of the world by the fleet of Ferdinand Magellan 1519 - 1522 T Note
Gulf of Guinea reached by Portuguese navigators 1471 T
Pedro Alvares Cabral travels to Brazil and then to India 1500 T Note
Pero de Covilha reaches India via the Red Sea 1487 - 1489 T Note
Portuguese sail to Moluccas, Malacca and Macao 1509 - 1516 T
Vasco de Gama discovers a sea-route from Europe to India via the Cape of Good Hope 1498 T Note
West African coast explored by Portuguese navigators 1436 T

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