Exploration and Settlement Time line

Columbus lands at Hispaniola in the carribean

1492

Christopher Columbus´s voyage to the caribbean in 1492 marked the beginning of contact between Europeans and natives.

Balboa discovers the pacific ocean in Panama

1513

He was the first European to lead an expidition to the pacific ocean.

Cortes conquers the Aztecs at Tenochtitlan

1521

The defeat of the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan was landmark victory for europeans.

De Soto explores the regions between the Florida and Mississipi rivers

1539

De Soto was one of the first europeans to be at Florida and Mississpi rivers.

First permanent English settlement is founded in Jamestown,Virgina

1607

Jamestown, Virgina was the first surviving colony after all of England´s old failed attempts