North America in 1519
1519 is the year Charles V became Holy Roman Emperor. This map shows the 5 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1519
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kingdom of Spain
- Aztec Triple Alliance
- Later Mayan City-States
- Haudenosaunee
- Michoacán
New on the map since 1494
Kingdom of Spain
Gone from the map by 1544
Kingdom of Spain · Aztec Triple Alliance · Michoacán
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North America in other years
Other regions in 1519
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.