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Spanish campaigns in the Moluccas and Southeast Asian islands (1521–1600)

1521 - 1595

Sir Thomas Cavendish's Circumnavigation (1586–1588)

1586 - 1588

Searches for the Northeast Passage by English and Dutch Navigators (1553–1660)

1552 - 1620

Roanoke Colony and English Atlantic Expeditions (1584–1590)

1584 - 1590

Relaciones Geográficas: the Spanish crown's geographic survey project (1577–1586)

1577 - 1921

Portuguese arrival and early trade with Japan (Tanegashima and subsequent missions) (1543–1570)

1543 - 1571

Pedro Álvares Cabral's discovery of Brazil and India voyage (1500–1501)

1494 - 1501

Olivier van Noort — First Dutch Circumnavigation (1598–1601)

1598 - 1992

New Sweden: Swedish Colonization and Expeditions in the Delaware Valley (1637–1655)

1626 - 1655

New Netherland: Dutch Exploration and Colonization of the Hudson Valley (1609–1664)

1609 - 1667

Mediterranean Portolan Charts and their evolution (13th–16th centuries)

1275 - 1536

John Cabot's North American Voyages (1496–1498)

1494 - 1499

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