IN 13th century
Portuguese merchants first landed in Goa in the early 16th century. Goa became a significant Portuguese colonial territory in India due to its strategic location and valuable trade opportunities.
Portuguese
The first Portuguese were trying to find new land. This was mostly in Africa.
16th century AD
The Spice Islands, also known as the Moluccas, were discovered by Europeans during the Age of Exploration in the early 16th century. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in the area in search of valuable spices such as nutmeg and cloves.
The first Antarctic land discovered was the island of South Georgia, visited by the English merchant Anthony de la Roché in 1675.
vasco da gama
5th century(Can you cite a reference or basis for this answer?)
The Colonization of Brazil is the name of the process of settlement, exploitation and domination held by the Portuguese from the sixteenth century in the current Brazilian land. It begins with the arrival of settlers to the new land, inhabited by numerous Indian nations. One should not confuse the colonization of Brazil to the time of colonial Brazil, since the process of populating and developing the territory began earlier and was beyond the Portuguese occupation, from the Indians until the recent immigrants.
The Portuguese "discovered" almost all west Africa around the XV century although no regime was imposed (in 1450). The land was already occupied so the verb "discover" is in my opinion incorrect.
Merchant Planters
In 1471 the Portuguese became the first Europeans to land on the coast. In 1661 Ghana became the center of all European activity and is involved in the slave trade once the Dutch arrive. The slave trade slowly breaks up in the mid eighteenth century. In 1957 Ghana became the first sub-Saharan to gain political independence.