Timeline (Italian Colonial Empire)

1600s

 * 1609- Robert Thornton brings back goods from the amazonia region in OTL French Guyana and fascinates the new duke Cosimo with wild tales from Guyana.
 * 1609- Cosimo II sends Robert Thornton out with 300 settlers to set up an early Tuscan colony.
 * 1611- 400 more settlers are sent and the Guyana colony prospers as a trading port. The name of the Guyana colony is New Tuscany﻿. Robert Thornton is made Viceroy of the colony.
 * 1613- The Colony of New tuscany expands into Trinidad. Spices are sent to Tuscany and make Tuscany much richer.
 * 1615- The Iberian Union makes trade treaties with the grand Duchy of Tuscany
 * 1616- The Grand Duchy of Tuscany expands into OTL Northmost Brasil. More spices are sent to Tuscany. Tuscany gains power and wealth.
 * 1619- The Grand Duchy of Tuscany sends exploration ships to India in order to gather riches. Tuscany begins to compete with the Iberian Union for colonies.