mr.days class project faith By faith21 Jan 1, 1488 Barolomeu Dias reached the southern tip of Africa Aug 3, 1492 Columbus lands in the Americas Jun 1, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas was agreed to be signed Jan 1, 1501 Amerigo Vespucci set out to find a sea route to Asia Jan 1, 1519 Magellan set out from from spain with 5 ships and about 270 men Jan 1, 1519 Hernando cortes land on the Mexican coast with 508 conquistadors Jun 30, 1520 Fights broke out when Aztecs Aug 1, 1521 Cortes conquers the Aztec Empire for spain Aug 1, 1521 Tenochtitlan finally fell empire lays in ruins Jan 1, 1525 Inca ruled a 2,000 mile long territory Jan 1, 1531 pizarro conquers the Inca Empire for Spain Jan 1, 1531 Francisco Pizarro led 180 men into Peru Jan 1, 1534 Cartier explores the St. lawrence in search of the northwest passage. Jan 1, 1588 English navy defeats Spanish Armada Jan 1, 1626 Dutch purchase Manhattan islands from Native
