<Tr> <Td> West Indies </Td> <Td> Columbus </Td> <Td> 1492 </Td> <Td> Ferdinand and Isabella </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> India </Td> <Td> Vasco da Gama </Td> <Td> 1498 </Td> <Td> Manuel I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Brazil </Td> <Td> Cabral </Td> <Td> 1500 </Td> <Td> Manuel I </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Spice Islands Australasia (Western Pacific Ocean) </Td> <Td> Albuquerque, Abreu and Serrão </Td> <Td> 1512 </Td> <Td> Manuel I </Td> </Tr>

Which is an example of an achievement that developed during the golden age