Between 1512 and 1525, Portugese discoverers arrived in the Moluccas, Timor, the island of Tanimbar and some parts of the islands of Carolina and New Guinea.
Vavalangi va maphutukezi va fikile e swihlaleni swa Tanimbari, Carolina na Papuwa Nyugini, exikarhi ka malembe ya 1512 na 1526.