Age of Exploration/Native America timeline By SawyerLorance 500 Mayan Cities flourish in Mesoamerica 1100 Inca found city of Cuzco 1325 Aztecs construct Tenochtitlan 1325 Aztecs found city of Tenochtitlan 1400 Aztec Empire reaches its Height 1420 Portugal begins mapping coast of africa 1420 Portugal begins mapping coast of africa 1438 Pachacuti builds Inca Empire 1488 Dias of Portugal reaches southern tip of Africa. 1492 Christopher Columbus reaches the Americas. 1518 First enslaved Africans reach America. 1520 Ferdinand Magellan's crew sails around the world. 1533 Pizzaro conquers the Inca 1570 Eastern Woodland people form Iroquois confederacy