<Li> 1434--Gil Eanes sailed round Cape Bojador, thus destroying the legends of the' Dark Sea' . </Li> <Li> 1434--the 32 point compass - card replaces the 12 points used until then . </Li> <Li> 1435--Gil Eanes and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia discovered Garnet Bay (Angra dos Ruivos) and the latter reached the Gold River (Rio de Ouro). </Li> <Li> 1441--Nuno Tristão reached Cape White . </Li>

Explorers from were among the first to travel beyond the mediterranean sea