North America in 1640
This map shows the 8 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1640
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Spanish Empire
- Haudenosaunee
- English Colonial Empire
- Itza Mayans
- New Netherland
- New France
- New Sweden
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
New on the map since 1615
New Netherland · New Sweden · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Gone from the map by 1665
New Sweden · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Other regions in 1640
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.