The Portuguese expeditions By iizaaroo_02 1415 The conquest of Ceuta 1419 Discovered Madeira 1431 Discovered of Azores islands 1434 The Portuguese folded Cape Bojador 1446 Occupation of the Cape Verde islands 1460 Sailed to the Gulf of Guinea 1460 Death of Henry the Navigator 1482 Dicovery of the river Congo By Diogo Cao 1487 They arrive the Cape of Good Hope captained by Bartolomeu Dias 1497 Vasco da Gama left Lisbon 1498 Vasco da Gama reached Calcutta (India) 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil