An Age of Exploration By nvoit Period: Nov 29, 1400 to Nov 29, 1800 An Age of Exploration Nov 29, 1419 Prince Henry finds a school of navigation Oct 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus arrives in America Nov 29, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas signed by Spain and Portugal Nov 29, 1511 The first enslaved Africans arrive in the Americas Nov 29, 1521 Aztec empire conquered by Hernan Cortés Nov 29, 1533 Incan empire conquered by Pizarro Nov 29, 1607 England finds the colony Jamestown (in America) Nov 29, 1608 Quebec claimed by Samuel de Champlain for France Nov 29, 1649 King Charles I of England is executed Nov 29, 1754 Beginning of French and Indian war Nov 29, 1776 Independence from Britain declared by American colonies Nov 29, 1789 French Revolution ignited by the Storming of Bastille Nov 29, 1793 Britain seeks trade with China
