This page of the book is from "The New Student's Reference Work: Volume 2" by Chandler B. Beach, Frank Morton McMurry and others.
CHART VII.
1001. Icelandic navigators visit the coast of New England.
1492. Columbus discovered America.
1497. Cabot discovered Newfoundland.
1499. Amerigo Vespucci visited America*
1512. Ponce de Leon discovered Florida.
1513. Balboa discovered the Pacific.
1517. Cordova discovered Yucatan.
1521. Conquest of Mexico by Cortez.
1528. Narvaez's expedition to Florida.
1534. Cartier explores the St. Lawrence.