Meso America and the age of exploration By mohr.gavin83u0294 1200 BCE Olmec Civilizations develop and flourish in Mexico 1150 Ancestral Pueblo peoples live in large complexes of stoned wellings. 1200 The Incas settle in the Cuzco valley. 1325 Aztecs found the city of Tenochtitlan and begin to gain power. 1400 Portuguese explore the coast of Africa. 1492 Columbus reached and explored the Caribbean. 1522 Magellan's expedition circumnavigates Earth 1525 The Spanish conquer the Aztec and Incan empires. 1533 The Incan empire falls to the Spanish invaders. 1607 The English people found the first English settlement named Jamestown. 1619 The first enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia. 1763 The Treaty of Paris ends the french and the Indian war.