Explorers By rnshipp Mar 13, 1492 Christopher Columbus reached America Columbus Voki Mar 13, 1497 Vasco Da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa to India da Gama Voki Mar 13, 1519 1519-1521 Hernan Cortes defeated the Aztec Empire from Spain, conquering Mexico for Spain Cortes Voki Mar 13, 1530 1530-1533 Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire Pizarro Voki Mar 13, 1534 Jacques Cartier sailed the West Coast of Newfoundland Cartier Voki Mar 13, 1579 Drake and his crew sailed Panama; he circumnavigated the world a few years after Magellan Drake Voki Mar 13, 1607 Henry Hudson sailed North and found the Hudson River Henry Hudson Voki
