Iberian Exploration

Vasco da Gama's second India expedition and naval campaign (1502–1503)

1502 - 1503

Vasco da Gama's first voyage to India (1497–1499)

1497 - 1499

Spanish conquest of the Maya lowlands and Yucatán (1527–1697)

1494 - 1850

Spanish conquest of the Canary Islands (1402–1496)

1402 - 1496

Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521)

Spanish conquest and colonization of Panama and the Central American isthmus (1513–1540)

1510 - 1538

Spanish colonization of Puerto Rico (1508–1535)

1493 - 1540

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

1521 - 1595

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

Gaspar Corte-Real's voyages to Newfoundland (1500–1501)

1500 - 1503

Early Portuguese voyages and colonization of Brazil (1500–1530)

1494 - 1532