American History 1: Pre-1600 By agursky Feb 13, 1492 Columbus Feb 13, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas: East for Portugal West for Spain Feb 13, 1497 John Cabot Feb 13, 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa Feb 13, 1513 Ponce De Leon Feb 13, 1519 Cortez meets Aztecs Feb 13, 1524 Verrazano Feb 13, 1534 Cartier Feb 13, 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh founds Ranoake Feb 13, 1588 Spain Declares war on England Period: Feb 13, 1588 to Feb 13, 1604 England VS Spain Feb 13, 1590 Ranoake found deserted