A timeline of the USA and Canada
ssc preparation, important competetion questions, current affairs of india, latest question asked in competetion papers, Oct 1492 : the Italian explorer Cristoforo Colombo sails west on behalf of Spain looking for a way to reach Asia, and instead lands in a new continent May 1499 : the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci sails to the new continent on behalf of Spain 1500 : About seven million Native Americans live in North America 1502 : Vespucci realizes that Colombo discovered a new continent Apr 1507 : German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller's "Cosmographiae Introductio" names the new continent "America" Mar 1524 : the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sails up the coast of north America and discovers Manhattan Sep 1542 : Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo discovers California Sep 1565 : the Spanish found the first permanent European settlement in North America at St Augustine (Florida) 1573 : The first Chinese goods reach the Americas via Spanish shi