Early America and Exploration By todd784 500 Mayan cities are flourishing in Mesoamerica 1100 The Incans found the city of Cuzco In South America 1325 The Aztec people build Tenochtitlan 1400 The Aztec Empire reaches its peak In Mexico 1420 Portugal maps the coast of America 1438 Pachacuti builds the Inca Empire In South America 1488 Dias of Portugal sails to the southern tip of Africa 1492 Columbus goes to America 1518 The first enslaved Africans were brought to America 1520 Magellan sails around the world 1533 Pizzaro conquers Inca 1570 The Eastern Woodland people form the Iroquois Confederacy
