1493 Pope Alexander V declares the boundary between Portuguese and Spanish areas of discovery.
1494 By the treaty of Tordesillas the boundary is readjusted.
1495 João II dies without heirs and is succeeded by Emmanuel the Fortunate, who expels the Jews from Portugal as the condition of his marriage with the daughter of
1497 Ferdinand of Spain. Vasco da Gama discovers Natal.
1498 Vasco discovers Calicut.
1500 Cabral discovers Brazil. Factories established at Kananur and Cochin.
Sixteenth Century
1501 Ascension Island discovered. Vespucci discovers Rio de la Plata and Paraguay.
1502 St. Helena discovered. Vasco visits India and establishes a factory at Mozambique.
1505 De Almeida, the first Portuguese viceroy, sent to India. His son Lourenço discovers Ceylon. Mombasa occupied.