Americas and Oceania By mz99031558 1492 First Voyage of Christopher Columbus to the Western Hemisphere 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas 1500 Brazil Claimed for Portugal by Pedro Alvarez de Cabral 1518 Smallpox Epidemic in the Caribbean Period: 1519 to 1521 Spanish Conquest of Mexico 1525 Execution of Cuauhtemoc Period: 1532 to 1540 Spanish Conquest of Peru 1545 Spanish Discovery of Silver Near Potosi 1604 Foundation of Port Royal (Nova Scotia) 1607 Foundation of Jamestown 1608 Foundation of Quebec 1623 Foundation of New Amsterdam 1630 Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1688 Smallpox Epidemic on Guam Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War in North America 1763 Transfer of French Canadian Possessions to British Rule Period: 1768 to 1779 Captain James Cook's Exploration of the Pacific Ocean 1788 Establishment of First European Colony in Australia