who was the portuguese explorer who developed the technology to explore other continents
May 20, 1498 - The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, having navigated around the southern tip of Africa, arrives near Calicut, India. 1499â1501 - Amerigo Vespucci participates in two voyages to the New World, the first for Spain and the second for Portugal.he Age of Exploration began in earnest with the first voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and ended, at least where present-day Virginians are concerned, with the founding of Jamestown in 1607.