Age of Discovery By TeacherMan1234 Period: Jan 1, 1394 to Jan 1, 1460 Life of Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal Jan 1, 1488 Bartolomeu Dias's Voyage around the Cape of Good Hope Jan 1, 1492 First Voyage of Chistopher Columbus to the Western Hemisphere Jan 1, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Feb 4, 1499 Vasco de Gama Returns from First Voyage to India Jan 1, 1500 Brazil Claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral Jan 1, 1518 Smallpox Epidemic in the Caribbean Period: Jan 1, 1519 to Jan 1, 1521 Spanish Conquest of Mexico Jan 1, 1522 Ferdinand Magellan's Ship Returns After Circumnavigating the Globe Period: Jan 1, 1532 to Jan 1, 1540 Spanish Conquest of Peru Jan 1, 1545 Spanish Discovery of Potosi Jan 1, 1575 Spanish Complete Conquest of Philippines Jan 1, 1604 Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia) Jan 1, 1607 Foundation of Jamestown Jan 1, 1608 Foundation of Quebec Jan 1, 1623 Foundatio of New Amsterdam Jan 1, 1630 Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Jan 1, 1688 Smallpox Epidemic on Guam Period: Jan 1, 1768 to Jan 1, 1779 Captain James Cook's Exploration of the Pacific Ocean Jan 1, 1788 Establishment of the First European Colony in Australia
