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Headword Date Article Type
Christopher Columbus discovers what will later be called “America” 1492 T
Columbus's expedition departs Palos, Spain 1492 T Note
Columbus' voyage of discovery financed by Ferdinand of Spain 1492 T Note
Columbus reaches the Bahamas 1492 T Note
Pope Alexander VI divides New World between Spain and Portugal 1493 T Note
Pope Alexander VI's second bull dividing New World between Spain and Portugal 1493 T Note
Inhabitants of Hispaniola forced by Columbus to pay tribute to Spain 1495 T
Columbus's third voyage 1498 T Note
Spanish settlers and natives revolt against the rule of Columbus in Hispaniola 1499 T
Pedro Alvares Cabral travels to Brazil and then to India 1500 T Note
Beothuk Indians enslaved by Miguel Corte-Real 1501 T
Spanish enslave natives of Hispaniola 1508 T
Florida claimed for Spain by Juan Ponce de Leon 1513 T Note
Shocking eye-witness accounts of the behaviour of Spanish colonists in Cuba by Bartolome de las Casas 1514 T
Havana established by the Spanish in Cuba 1515 T
Juan de Grijalva lands on the Veracruz coast 1518 T
Montezuma II surrenders to Hernan Cortes without a fight 1519 T Note
Hernando Cortes leads an expedition to Mexico 1519 T Note
Hernan Cortez is forced from the Aztec capital by Cuauhtemoc 1520 T Note
Aztec capital captured by the Spanish and their allies 1521 T Note

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