-
1415
Portugal explores the coast of Africa
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1415
Dom Henry siezes African city, Ceuta
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1425
Maderia islands taken by Portugese
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1492
Columbus sails the ocean
-
1492
Treaty of Tordesillas
between Spanish and Porteguese -
1497
Vasco de Gamma gets to the southern tip of Africa
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1498
Vasco de Gamma reaches India
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1500
Portuguese - Brazil
-
1507
Waldseemiller Map
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1517
Vasco Nunez de Balbo
takes his ship apart and rebuilds it on the pacific side of Panama -
1519
Cortez lands in Mexico with 600 conquisitors
-
1521
Cortez takes Tenocrititan from Aztecs
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1529
Huayna Capec dies of smallpox
-
1532
Atahualpa
fights for the throne for 3 years and wins -
1532
Francisco Pizarro
captures Atahualpa and executes him -
1535
Viceroyalty of New Spain
-
1542
Viceroyalty of Peru
-
1572
Spanish control everything in Viceroyalty of Peru
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Minas Gerais
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Brazilian Sugar Plantations