August 1509, Magellan and a mighty Portuguese fleet consisting of 5 ships, with more than 200 soldiers, left India to reach Malacca. who was dominating the Moluccas, Borneo and the Spice Islands.

Diego Lopes de Sequeira, supervised the operations. He anchored his fleet in Malacca on the 11th of September 1509.

 The Europeans discovered the extraordinary scene of Arab, Malay, Chinese and Birman ships loading spices in a busy atmosphere. The merchants started to panic when they saw the Portuguese.

But the Sultan of Malacca was quick enough to react, and the Europeans were trapped by him, and barely escape to India with their lives.

 Few years after, in 1511, the Portuguese under Albuquerque conquer Malacca, and three ships set sail for the Spice Islands.

1519, Magellan sets sail westward in search of the Spice Islands via a new route.

1521, Magellan is killed in the Philippines.