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* 1415: Portuguese explorers reach Cape Bojador, the westernmost point of Africa known to Europeans at the time.
* 1460: Portuguese explorers reach Sierra Leone, the first sub-Saharan African country to be visited by Europeans.
* 1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama becomes the first European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope and reach India.
* 1510: Portuguese explorers reach Goa, India, and establish the first European trading post in Asia.
Asia
* 1521: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan becomes the first European to circumnavigate the world.
* 1542: Portuguese explorers reach Japan and establish the first European trading post in Japan.
* 1565: Spanish explorers reach the Philippines and establish the first European colony in the Philippines.
North America
* 1492: Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus reaches the Bahamas and becomes the first European to discover America.
* 1513: Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches Florida and becomes the first European to discover North America.
* 1521: Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés conquers the Aztec Empire and establishes the Spanish colony of Mexico.
* 1534: Spanish explorer Jacques Cartier reaches Canada and becomes the first European to explore the St. Lawrence River.
* 1540: Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado explores the American Southwest.
South America
* 1499: Spanish explorer Alonso de Ojeda reaches Venezuela and becomes the first European to discover South America.
* 1513: Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes the first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama and reach the Pacific Ocean.
* 1532: Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire and establishes the Spanish colony of Peru.
* 1541: Spanish explorer Pedro de Valdivia conquers Chile and establishes the Spanish colony of Chile.