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Portuguese navigators reached Madeira and the Azores between 1416 and 1432- the first step toward the discovery of the New World.
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The palace of Axayacatl, who ruled from 1469 to 148 1, stood on the western side of the main temple, and it was here that the Spaniards were lodged when they arrived in the city as Motecuhzoma's guests.
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explorers crossed the Equator off the coast of Africa in about 1470
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At the time of the Conquest, the area of the island on which the city stood had been increased by means of fills, until it comprised a more or less regular square measuring about two miles on each side. It was joined on the north to the island of Tlatelolco, originally an independent city, but annexed by the Aztecs in 1473.
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in 1487 Bartolomew Diaz sailed as far as the Cape of Good Hope. Less than a decade later Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of America
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In an attempt to find a westward passage to Asia, Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. This was the beginning of European settlement and and conquest of the Americas, in which libraries of literature and personal accounts have been created.
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A group of explorers lead by Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean by route of Panama. Coincidentally, the group of explorers included a man named Francisco Pizarro.
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The other great conquistador who's name is synonymous with the Spanish Conquest is Hernan Cortes. With an expedition of 508 men and 16 horses, they discovered and destroyed the mysterious Aztec civilization.
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Cortes landed on the coast at Veracruz, April 22, 1519
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When the Old World and the Aztecs in the New World met face to face on that November day in 1519,
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On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistadors first entered the great city of Mexico.
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After an unsuccessful attempt to find an indigenous trip on the coats of Columbia, Pascual de Andagoya sold his ships to Fransisco Pizarro, Diego de Almagro, and Hernando de Luque.
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With only 80 men and 4 horses, Fransisco Pizarro and and Diego de Almagro unsuccessfully attempted to find Peru.
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This time Pizarro and Almagro were a it more successful. With twice as many men with them, the crossed the equator and intercepted a raft filled with various jewelry and treasure. They kidnapped three of the men on the raft to teach them to be translators.
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Pizarro and his group ventured farther south until they reached the well-developed city of Tumbez. For the first time, they had found evidence of a well-developed culture and city.
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Once Pizarro had the help of reinforcements like Sebastian de Benalcazar and Hernando de Soto, he moved his men south in September. By November, he had reached Cajamarca and they partook in some types of diplomatic activities. The Spanish were hesitant to attack beaus they had only 180 men, and they estimated the Indian troops to be somewhere around 8,00 men deep. Once they began their attack with canons and horses, the Indians became discombobulated rather quickly. Cortes used a tactic used in
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Once the Spanish settlers had grown to immense power in South America, there began internal strife among the powerful rulers of the colonial area. Most importantly, Pizarro and his men were at odds with Diego de Almagro. On June 26, 1541, a group of Almagro's men broke into Pizarro's Lima palace, and killed him with their swords and daggers.
