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Period: 1534 BCE to Nov 12, 1534
New France is founded
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Period: 1534 BCE to Nov 12, 1534
New France is founded
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Period: 1530 BCE to 1532 BCE
Pizarro defeats the Incas
He led his army up the Andes Mountains and on November 15, 1532, reached the Inca town of Cajamarca, where Atahuallpa was enjoying the hot springs in preparation for his march on Cuzco, the capital of his brother's kingdom. -
Period: 1519 BCE to 1521 BCE
Cortes makes it to mexico
He ignored orders and traveled to Mexico with about 500 men and 11 ships in 1519, setting his sights on overthrowing ruler Montezuma II in the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs eventually drove the Spanish from Tenochtitlan, but Cortes returned to defeat the natives and take the city in 1521. He spent much of his later years seeking recognition for his achievements and support from the Spanish royal court. -
Period: 1497 BCE to 1498 BCE
Vasco De Gama makes it to India
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Period: 1492 BCE to 1502 BCE
Christopher Columbus makes it to Caribbeans
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Period: 1492 BCE to 1690 BCE
First Africans slaves arrive to western hemisphere
We include the Atlantic slave trade here since its beginnings in the 1400s were as much part of the European breakout into the Atlantic Ocean as were the first voyages to North America. And, of course, the result of the west African explorations was the transport of hundreds of thousands of Africans to North America over four centuries. In addition, the accounts of African exploration and slave captures reflect the same encounter with the new and strange. -
Period: 1480 BCE to 1521 BCE
Melanges trip around the world
Magellan set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. En route he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean. -
Period: 1475 BCE to 1519 BCE
Balboa makes it to the pacific
He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. -
Period: 1475 BCE to 1519 BCE
Balboa makes it to the pacific
He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World. -
Period: 1400 BCE to 1494 BCE
Dias reaches tip of Africa
In the late 1400's