1492–1607
Age of Exploration
European expeditions began mapping North America and establishing sustained contact with Indigenous peoples.
Defining Moments
Key Historical Events
1492
Columbus Reaches the Americas
Age of Exploration
Christopher Columbus’s first Atlantic voyage initiated sustained contact between Europe and the Americas.
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1565
Founding of St Augustine
Age of Exploration
Spanish settlers established St. Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the continental United States.
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European expeditions began mapping North America and establishing sustained contact with Indigenous peoples.
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