North America in 1590
This map shows the 3 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1590
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Spanish Empire
- Haudenosaunee
- Itza Mayans
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North America in other years
Other regions in 1590
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.