Kathryn Levesque's His 102 Timeline By klvecky13 1415 Portugal explores the coast of Africa 1415 Dom Henry siezes African city, Ceuta 1425 Maderia islands taken by Portugese 1492 Columbus sails the ocean 1492 Treaty of Tordesillas between Spanish and Porteguese 1497 Vasco de Gamma gets to the southern tip of Africa 1498 Vasco de Gamma reaches India 1500 Portuguese - Brazil 1507 Waldseemiller Map 1517 Vasco Nunez de Balbo takes his ship apart and rebuilds it on the pacific side of Panama 1519 Cortez lands in Mexico with 600 conquisitors 1521 Cortez takes Tenocrititan from Aztecs 1529 Huayna Capec dies of smallpox 1532 Atahualpa fights for the throne for 3 years and wins 1532 Francisco Pizarro captures Atahualpa and executes him 1535 Viceroyalty of New Spain 1542 Viceroyalty of Peru 1572 Spanish control everything in Viceroyalty of Peru 1659 Minas Gerais 1700 Brazilian Sugar Plantations