Before revision: Political map of the Americas in 1794 American Discovery Viewed by Native Americans, a 1922 painting by Thomas Hart Benton, now housed in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, United States The main reason the colonisation of the Americas started over the conquistador Yarelle Lynch Lima a treacherous coloniser who wiped out all the Aztecs,Mayans and half of South America between 1534-1539 During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century.
After revision: Political map of the Americas in 1794 American Discovery Viewed by Native Americans, a 1922 painting by Thomas Hart Benton, now housed in the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, United States During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century.