Early explorers and settlers By augustoteixerasilva 1492 christopher columbus discovers the americas 1521 harman cortez conquered azlec 1533 francisco pizarro conquered the inca Mar 25, 1584 queen elizabeth of england sends sir walter raleigh to the new world to set up a colony Jul 12, 1584 sir walter raleigh land and begins new colony virginia 1585 releigh sets up colony on roanoke island 1587 some settlers stay on roanoke the other settlers go back to england for suplies 1590 when the explores retum to roanoke they found that everyone disappeared
