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Vasco da Gama's expeditions to India (1497–1502)

1497 - 1503

16 entries

Treaty of Tordesillas disputes and Iberian diplomatic negotiations (1494–1750)

1479 - 1761

12 entries

Transatlantic sugar economy and plantation expansion in Brazil (1530–1700)

1530 - 1695

18 entries

The Estado da Índia and administration of the spice trade (1505–1650)

1500 - 1641

12 entries

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake and subsequent imperial administrative reforms (1755–1775)

1755 - 1768

14 entries

Portuguese mapping and exploration of the South Atlantic coast of Brazil (1500–1530)

1494 - 1530

14 entries

Portuguese fortresses, conflicts, and ambitions in East Africa (1505–1750)

1505 - 1729

17 entries

Portuguese capture of Hormuz and Persian Gulf operations (1515–1622)

1507 - 1622

12 entries

Portuguese Cape rounding and early Atlantic–African coastal exploration (1480–1500)

1479 - 1497

12 entries

Pedro Álvares Cabral's 1500 Brazil voyage and immediate follow-ups (1500–1505)

1500 - 1505

24 entries

Jesuit missions in Japan and the rise of Christian communities before the 1614 ban (1549–1614)

1549 - 1614

16 entries

Jesuit missions and aldeias among indigenous Brazilians (1550–1700)

1549 - 1687

12 entries
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