Main
Polynesian settlement of Pacific Islands
400 - 1300
Viking Voyages
700 - 1200
Mali Voyages
1300
Voyages of Zheng He
1405 - 1433
Voyage of Henry the Navigator
1418 - 1460
Slaves from West Africa
1440
Portuguese at Gold Coast
1482
Portuguese at Gold Coast and the Kongo
1486
Bartholomeu Dias reaches Indian Ocean
1488
Columbus reaches Caribbean
1492
Spanish conquer Hispanola
1492 - 1500
Columbus returns to Caribbean
1493
Vasco da Gama reaches India
1497
Columbus reaches South America
1498
Cabral reaches Brazil
1500
Portuguese bombard Swahili coast cities
1505
Portuguese take Goa
1510
Portuguese take Malacca
1511
Ponce de Leon explores Florida
1513
Cortez conquers Aztec empire
1519 - 1520
Magellan Expidition
1519 - 1522
Pizarro conquers Inca Empire
1531 - 1533
Portuguese take Dui
1535
Portuguese defeat Ottoman fleet
1538
Portuguese aid Eithiopia
1539