Early Explorers and Settlers By Anna Beatryz Araujo Rodrigues 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas 1521 Hernan Cortes Conquered Aztec 1533 Francisco Pizzaro Conquered the Inca Mar 25, 1584 Queen Elizabeth of England sends Sir Walter Raleigh to the New World to set up a colony Jul 12, 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh Land and begins new colony"Virginia" 1585 Raleigh sets up colony on Roanoke Island 1587 Some settlers stay on Roanoke.The other settlers go back to England for supplies 1590 When the explorers return to Roanoke ,they found that everyone disappeared
