AMERICA FROM CONQUEST TO INDEPENDENCE

1493- Columbus' triumphal return to Europe, the Pope recognizes the rights of the Spanish Crown in the discovered territories. The Spaniards founded Santa Cruz de la Palma in the Canary Islands.
Columbus' second voyage: discovery of Dominica, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
1494- The report of Columbus' first voyage is translated into Latin and published in Rome. Canary Islands: Battle of Acentejo: the greatest historical defeat of a Castilian army against the native Guanches.
Pedro de Corvillán, Portuguese ambassador to the king of Ethiopia. Treaty of Tordesillas signed between Portugal and Spain. The Spanish Crown enacts a series of laws to protect Native Americans from abuses by settlers. Columbus founds the village of Isabella in Hispaniola. Division of the Inca empire between Atahualpa and Huascar.