IN CONTEXT
Spanish and Portuguese American conquests
1492 Columbus makes his first journey to the New World, signaling the beginning of Spanish interest in the area.
1500 Pedro Álvares Cabral claims Brazil for Portugal.
1521 Hernán Cortés completes his conquest of the Aztec Empire.
1525 The first Spanish settlement in Colombia, Santa Marta, is established.
1532 Francisco Pizarro begins the Spanish campaign to conquer the Inca Empire.
1598 Juan de Orñate founds the first Spanish settlement in California.
Spain and Portugal signed a treaty on June 7, 1494, at Tordesillas in Spain, that resolved the countries’ disputes about the possession ...
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