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Jan 1, 1507
America Apears on a Map
Martin Valdseemuller finally created a map with America named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci. -
Sep 25, 1513
Finding the Pacific
Vasco Nunez de Balboa finally found the biggest ocean in the world....... THE PACIFIC!!!! -
Period: Sep 8, 1519 to Jan 10, 1521
Hernando Cortes' journey
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Period: Sep 13, 1519 to Sep 9, 1522
Magellan's Journey
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Sep 14, 1519
Around the World
Ferdinand Magellan finally attemted what all sailors feared... sailing around THE WORLD!! -
Jan 4, 1521
Aztecs Fall
Hernando Cortes heard of a tribe with riches in South America and went to see if it was true. He sailed and found out it was true. He captured their leader Motecuhzoma or Moctezuma II and took control by !521 -
Period: Aug 11, 1531 to Oct 12, 1533
Pizarros' Journey
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Oct 11, 1533
Incas Fall
Francisco Pizarro heard about Cortes and tried to find a tribe too. Well he found the Incas in the middle of a civil war but in the end Atahhuallpa won. Well Pizarro took himn prisoner, took his gold and killed him. In the end Pizarro finished the Incas just like Cortes finished the Aztecs.