The Americas: Sixteenth Century European Settlements

A map showing North, Central, and South America and the West Indies in the sixteenth century.




Reign of Topa Inca

Columbus Lands in the Americas

Ponce de León’s Voyages

Reign of Huayna Capac

West Indian Uprisings

Rise of the Fur Trade

Decline of Moundville

Cortés Conquers Aztecs in Mexico

De Soto’s North American Expedition

Silver Is Discovered in Spanish America

Maya Resist Spanish Incursions in Yucatán

Powhatan Confederacy Is Founded

Lost Colony of Roanoke

Drake’s Expedition to the West Indies

Oñate’s New Mexico Expedition

Ralegh Arrives in Guiana

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  3. European Colonization in the 17th Century
  4. The Journey of Coronado, 1540–1542: Account of the Expedition to Cibola Which Took Place in the Year 1540, in Which All Those Settlements, Their Ceremonies and Customs, Are Described

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