The Empires of Exploration

Between October, 1491 and March 1493 multiple European countries discover the Americas. Colonization efforts happen quick as each country was determined to get a piece of the Americas. This led to a global impact on world affairs and world history.

Discovery
The Americas was first discovered by Olegário D'cruz, a Portuguese explorer trying to find a sea route to Asia via traveling west instead of east. He discover the Americas on October 8, 1491. He was then proceeded by French explorer Donatien Lachapelle and then Spanish explorer Carlito Trujillo, English explorer Darell Benbow, Austrian Udo Schäfer, Morrocan Salah Zaman and then the Danish admiral Frode Nordskov. After the discovery of it's boundless resources, colonization proceeded rapidly by many countries, making the Americas quite diverse.

Colonization of the Americas
Colonization was quick. The English first established a colony on Cape May, calling the colony New London.