The Americas in 1510
This map shows the 7 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1510
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Inca Empire
- Aztec Triple Alliance
- Later Mayan City-States
- Haudenosaunee
- Portuguese Empire
- Crown of Castile
- Michoacán
New on the map since 1485
Portuguese Empire · Crown of Castile
Gone from the map by 1535
Aztec Triple Alliance · Crown of Castile · Michoacán
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.