Americas and Oceania Timeline By tkang 1492 Christopher Columbus' Voyage to the Western Hemisphere 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Period: 1519 to 1521 Spanish Conquest of Mexico Period: 1532 to 1540 Spanish Conquest of Peru 1545 Discovery of Silver near Potosi 1604 Foundation of Port Royal 1607 Foundation of Jamestown 1608 Foundation of Quebec 1623 Foundation of New Amsterdam 1630 Foundation of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Period: 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War Period: 1768 to 1779 James Cook's Exploration of the Pacific Ocean 1788 First European Colony in Australia