North America, 07 Jan 1503: First Spanish attempts on the Mainland
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 07 Jan 1503 (The Age of Columbus: First Spanish attempts on the Mainland), showing the following events: Rodrigo de Bastidas’ voyage; African slavery in Santo Domingo; Puerto de las Perlas; Coquivacoa Governorate; Columbus’ fourth voyage; Reign of Moctezuma II; Santa María de Belén.

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

Viceroyalty of
The Indies(Sp.)

K i n g d o m o f T i e r r a F i r m e(Sp.)

Fernandina / Cuba

Pueblo
villages

South

Appalachian

Mississippian

Santo
Domingo(Sp.)

V e n e z u e l a

San Juan
Bautista

Plaque-
mine
culture

Xoconochco(Aztec)

Sta. María de Guadalupe

Once Mil
Virgenes

Sta. María de la Antigua

Cubagua(Sp. ctrl)

Santa María de Belén(Sp.)

Oct 1500–?? 1501Bastidas explores
South American coast
as far as Panama

1501Spanish import
first African slaves
to New World

1501First Spanish
settlement on
mainland Venezuela

May 1502Failed Spanish
colony on
Guajira Peninsula

May 1502–Nov 1504Columbus explores
Central American coast

Sep 1502–Jun 1520Aztec expansion
under Moctezuma II

6 Jan–16 Apr 1503Unsuccessful Spanish
settlement in Panama

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