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Aug 3, 1492
Columbus sets sail
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus lands in the Caribbean
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May 4, 1493
Line of Demarcation is set
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Sep 25, 1493
Columbus set sail on his second voyage
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Nov 3, 1493
Columbus spotted the island of Dominica
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Jun 11, 1496
Columbus returned to Spain
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Jul 30, 1496
John Cabot returns to England
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May 20, 1497
John Cabot set sail for England
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Jun 24, 1497
John Cabot lands in North America
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May 30, 1498
Columbus set sail from his third voyage
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Jul 31, 1498
Columbus sighted Trinidad
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May 18, 1499
Vespucci set sail from Spain
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May 20, 1499
Alonso de Ojeda set sail from Spain
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Jun 1, 1499
Pedro Alonso Nino set sail from Spain
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Nov 11, 1501
Guerra returned to Spain
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Jun 10, 1527
John Rut set sail from Plymouth, England
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Jul 21, 1527
Rut arrived in Newfoundland
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Jul 28, 1576
Martin Frobisher sees the coast of North America
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The East India Company is founded by English merchants