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 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: 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 1534-1539Political 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.