Showcase (History) By dapoorhouse Jan 1, 1415 -Portugal sparks interest in exploration {Around West Africa} Jan 1, 1470 -Portugal starts exploration in (West) Africa Jan 1, 1492 -Discovery of America {Christopher Columbus} Jan 1, 1493 -Demarcation zone made {Divides world between Portugal and Spain} Jan 1, 1498 -Vasco de Gama rounds Africa Jan 1, 1513 -The Pacific Ocean is discovered by Vasco Nunez de Balboa {After he explores the Pacific coast of Panama} Jan 1, 1519 Hernan Cortés lands in Mexico. Jan 1, 1522 -Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the world Jan 1, 1533 Pizarro executes last Incan emperor
