The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in Indonesia in the early 16th century. They were looking for a route to Asia and found it by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa.
In 1512, the Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, became the first European to sail into the Pacific Ocean. He was looking for a route to the Spice Islands (now known as Indonesia) and found it by sailing through the Strait of Magellan in South …