Kule ndima enikeziwe, chaza ukuthi yimiphi iminyaka eyisihluthulelo nokwatholakala ekuhloleni kolwandle kwamaPutukezi?
Context:Ukuhlola kwamaPutukezi olwandle kwaphumela ezindaweni eziningi nasemigwaqweni yasolwandle eyabhalwa amaPutukezi ngenxa yohambo lwawo olwandle olunzulu phakathi nekhulu le-15 nele-16. Amatilosi asePutukezi ayephambili ekuhloleni amazwe aseYurophu, ebhala futhi ebala amamephu asogwini lwase-Afrika nase-Asia, ngaleso sikhathi okwakwaziwa ngokuthi i-East Indies, neCanada neBrazil (iWest Indies), kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi iNkathi Yokutholwa Kwezinto.  Ngo - 1419 kwaqalwa uhambo oluhlelekile ngasogwini lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika ngaphansi kokuxhaswa yinkosana uHenry the Navigator, lapho uBartolomeu Dias efika eCape of Good Hope futhi wangena e - Indian Ocean ngo - 1488. Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, ngo-1498, uVasco da Gama wahola umkhumbi wokuqala owawuzungeza i - Afrika uya eNdiya, wafika eCalicut futhi waqala indlela yasolwandle esuka ePortugal iya eNdiya. Ukuhlola kwamaPutukezi kwabe sekuqhubekela eningizimu - mpumalanga ye - Asia, lapho afika khona eJapane ngo - 1542, eminyakeni engamashumi amane nane ngemva kokufika kwawo okokuqala eNdiya. Ngo - 1500, uPedro Álvares Cabral wasePortugal waba owokuqala waseYurophu ukuthola iBrazil.
Ngo-1419, amaPutukezi aqala ukuhlola ugu lwaseNtshonalanga Afrika. Umgomo kwakuwukufinyelela eNdiya olwandle, ngokuzungeza i - Afrika. Ngo-1488, uBartolomeu Dias wafika eCape of Good Hope futhi wangena e-Indian Ocean. Ngo-1498, uVasco da Gama wagcina efikile eNdiya. Ngo-1500 kwase kufinyelelwe naseBrazil futhi kwafinyelela eJapane ngo-1542.