Chronology
1492–1493 Christopher Columbus departs on his first voy-
age from the port of Palos in southern Spain on August 3, 1492. Hoping to reach Asia, Columbus lands on the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola, San Salvador, and Guadeloupe. Arrives back in Palos on March 15, 1493.
1493–1496
Columbus departs Cadiz on second voyage to reach Asia on September 25, 1493. Names island chain now known as the Lesser Antilles, then
Timeline b 1519–1522
1513 b Vasco Núñez de Balboa becomes first European to see the Pacific Ocean
Survivors of Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition are the first to sail around the world
1492 1492–1493 Christopher Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic leads to awareness of the Americas and its inhabitants. Spanish colonizab tion begins
1543 1530–1533
1542–1543
Francisco Pizarro conquers the Inca Empire and founds Lima, b Peru
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo and Bartolomé Ferrer claim for Spain 1,500 miles of California b coastline
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