South america map

1500 Explorers and Cartographers

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  • America Apears on a Map
    Jan 1, 1507

    America Apears on a Map

    Martin Valdseemuller finally created a map with America named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
  • Finding the Pacific
    Sep 25, 1513

    Finding the Pacific

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa finally found the biggest ocean in the world....... THE PACIFIC!!!!
  • Period: Sep 8, 1519 to Jan 10, 1521

    Hernando Cortes' journey

  • Period: Sep 13, 1519 to Sep 9, 1522

    Magellan's Journey

  • Around the World
    Sep 14, 1519

    Around the World

    Ferdinand Magellan finally attemted what all sailors feared... sailing around THE WORLD!!
  • Aztecs Fall
    Jan 4, 1521

    Aztecs Fall

    Hernando Cortes heard of a tribe with riches in South America and went to see if it was true. He sailed and found out it was true. He captured their leader Motecuhzoma or Moctezuma II and took control by !521
  • Period: Aug 11, 1531 to Oct 12, 1533

    Pizarros' Journey

  • Incas Fall
    Oct 11, 1533

    Incas Fall

    Francisco Pizarro heard about Cortes and tried to find a tribe too. Well he found the Incas in the middle of a civil war but in the end Atahhuallpa won. Well Pizarro took himn prisoner, took his gold and killed him. In the end Pizarro finished the Incas just like Cortes finished the Aztecs.