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The Americas in 1683

1683 is the year of the second siege of Vienna. This map shows the 9 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.

Map of the Americas in 1683 with 9 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in the Americas in 1683

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Spanish Empire
  • Portuguese Empire
  • Haudenosaunee
  • Jesuit Reducciones
  • English Colonial Empire
  • New France
  • New Netherland
  • Itza Mayans
  • Kingdom of France

New on the map since 1658

Kingdom of France

Gone from the map by 1708

Itza Mayans

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The Americas in other years

Other regions in 1683

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.