List of World Map Changes - 16th Century

16th Century

1596

• Willem Barentsz makes the first indisputable discovery of the Svalbard archipelago

1591

• Moroccans conquer Timbuktu

1580

• Personal union of Spain and Portugal

1575

• The capital of Chile is moved from Concepción to Santiago

1532

• Francisco Pizzaro conquers the Inca

1526

• Babur of the Mughal Empire defeats the sultan of Delhi

1522

• Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the Earth

1519-1521

• Hernando Cortés conquers the Aztecs

1513

• Juan Ponce de León claims Florida for Spain

1513

• Vasco Núñez de Balboa crosses the Isthmus of Panama

1501

• May 20 — João da Nova Castell discovers Ascension Island