North America, 29 Sep 1513: Balboa reaches the Pacific
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 29 Sep 1513 (The Conquistadors: Balboa reaches the Pacific), showing the following events: Aguilar and Guerrero; La Florida; Castilla de Oro; European discovery of the Pacific.

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

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

Viceroyalty of
The Indies(Sp./Col.)

Castilla
de Oro(Sp.)

Santiago(Sp./Col.)

La Florida(Sp. claim)

Pueblo
villages

South

Appalachian

Mississippian

Santo
Domingo(Sp./Col.)

V e n e z u e l a

C h i b c h a n

Veragua(Sp./Col. disp.)

New
Andalusia(Sp. claim)

Fernandina/
Cuba(Sp./Col.)

San Juan
Bautista(Sp./Col.)

Plaque-
mine
culture

Xoconochco(Aztec)

Sta. María de Guadalupe

La Bermuda(uninh.)

Once Mil
Virgenes

Sta. María de la Antigua

Cubagua(Sp./Col.)

Nombre de Dios(Sp.)

Santa María
la Antigua
del Darién

1511Two shipwrecked
Spaniards taken
in by Maya

Mar–Oct 1513Ponce de León
explores Florida coast

May 1513Spanish create
Governorate
of Castilla de Oro

29 Sep 1513Balboa reaches Pacific Ocean
via Isthmus of Panama

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