North America, 04 Aug 1496: Colony of Santo Domingo
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 04 Aug 1496 (The Age of Columbus: Colony of Santo Domingo), showing the following events: Taíno genocide; Treaty of Tordesillas; Battle of Vega Real; Aztec Xoconochco; Colony of Santo Domingo.

Middle

Mississippian

G r e a t P l a i n s

p e o p l e s

C e n t r a l A l g o n q u i a n p e o p l e s

T a í n o

c h i e f d o m s

G r e a t B a s i n

p e o p l e s

Northwest

Plateau

Peoples

Pacific Northwest Coast
Peoples

C a l i f o r n i a p e o p l e s

N o r t h e r n
A t h a b a s k a n
p e o p l e s

Iroquois

Confederacy

Eastern Algonquian
peoples

Southwest
peoples

C h i b c h a n
p e o p l e s

Pueblo
villages

South

Appalachian

Mississippian

Santo
Domingo(Sp./Col.)

H i s p a n i o l a

Viceroyalty of
The Indies(Sp./Col.)

San Juan
Bautista

Plaque-
mine
culture

Southern
Plains
villagers

Xoconochco(Aztec)

Sta. María de Guadalupe

Once Mil
Virgenes

Sta. María de la Antigua

Jan 1494–Nov 1542Taíno population
collapses in wake
of Spanish arrival

Jun 1494Spain and Portugal
partition non-European
world

Mar 1495Spanish defeat
Taíno on Hispaniola

1496?Aztecs conquer
Xoconochco

4 Aug 1496Spanish establish
colony at
Santo Domingo

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