 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Munyika yeAsia, nzvimbo dzokutengeserana dzokutanga dzakatangwa naPedro Álvares Cabral paCochin neCalicut 1501. Chinokosha zvikuru kwakanga kuri kukunda Goa1510 uye Malacca 1511 naAfonso de Albuquerque, uye kuwanikwa kweDiu 1535 naMartim Afonso de Sousa. Kumabvazuva kweMalacca, Albuquerque akatumira Duarte Fernandes senhume kuSiam yava kunzi Thailand muna 1511 uye akatumira mapoka maviri kuMoluccas 1512, 1514, ayo akatanga kutonga kwePortugal muMaritime Southeast Asia. VaPutukezi vakavaka muzinda wavo muSpice Islands pachitsuwa cheAmbon. Fernão Pires de Andrade akashanyira Canton muna 1517 ndokuzarura kutengeserana neChina, uko, muna 1557, vaPutukezi vakabvumirwa kutora Macau. Japan, yakasvikwa netsaona navatengesi vatatu vechiPutukezi muna 1542, nokukurumidza yakakwezva nhamba huru yavatengesi navafundisi. Muna 1522, imwe yengarava dzorwendo urwo Ferdinand Magellan akaronga mubasa reSpain yakapedza rwendo rwokutanga rwokutenderera nyika. 