Audrey's Mr. Day Assignment

By Audrey1
  • Italian and Arab merchants ran the trade with Asia.
    Jan 1, 1400

    Italian and Arab merchants ran the trade with Asia.

  • Bartolomeu Dias
    Jan 1, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    A Portugeuse exlporer, reached the Southern tip of Africa.
  • Columbus discovered the Americas.
    Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus discovered the Americas.

    Christopher Columbus sailed looking for India but instead found/discovered America.
  • Treaty of Tordesillas signed.
    Jan 1, 1494

    Treaty of Tordesillas signed.

    Set boundary for Spanish and Portuguese exploration.
  • Amerigo Vespucci was one of the first to go explore new lands.
    Jan 1, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci was one of the first to go explore new lands.

    He was an Italian sailor who set out in 1501 to find a sea route to Asia.
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa heard Native American reports of another sea and a province rich in gold.
    Jan 1, 1513

    Vasco Nunez de Balboa heard Native American reports of another sea and a province rich in gold.

    Vasco led an expedition through the jungles of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean, and he claimed the land.
  • Hernado Cortes landed on the Mexican coast with 508 conquistadors.
    Jan 1, 1519

    Hernado Cortes landed on the Mexican coast with 508 conquistadors.

  • The Axtecs rebelled and trapped the Spanish in Tenochtitlan.
    Jun 30, 1520

    The Axtecs rebelled and trapped the Spanish in Tenochtitlan.

  • Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire for Spain.
    Jan 1, 1521

    Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire for Spain.

  • Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire for Spain.
    Jan 1, 1531

    Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire for Spain.

  • Francisco Pizarro led 180 men into Peru.
    Jan 1, 1531

    Francisco Pizarro led 180 men into Peru.

  • Jan 1, 1534

    Cartier explores the St.Lawrnce in search of the Northwest Passage

  • English navy defeats Spanish Armada.

    English navy defeats Spanish Armada.

    Spain loses its invincibility.
  • Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from Native Americans.

    Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from Native Americans.