The Spice Islands discovered by the Portuguese.
1519-22.

Magellan's Expedition Round the World, sent out, from Spain.
Sebastian del Cano, in the Victoria, puts in at Timor.
1525.

Garcia Jofre de Loaysa, with Sabastian del Cano, sets sail for the Spice Islands, via the Straits of Magellan.
1527.

Fernand Cortez sends his kinsman, Saavedra, in search of Loaysa's expedition.
1529.

Saavedra discovers the Northern Shores of New Guinea.
1530-36.