North America, 08 Nov 1519: March to Tenochtitlan
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 08 Nov 1519 (The Conquistadors: March to Tenochtitlan), showing the following events: Cortés’ conquest of Cempoala; Cortés’ march to Tenochtitlan; Founding of Panama; Spanish–Tlaxcalan Alliance; Magellan’s circumnavigation; Cholula Massacre.

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

Fernandina/
Cuba(Sp.)

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.)

Castilla
de Oro(Sp.)

La Florida(Sp. claim)

Vera Cruz(Sp/Cortés adm.)

Pueblo
villages

South

Appalachian

Mississippian

Santo
Domingo(Sp.)

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)

San Juan
Bautista(Sp.)

Plaque-
mine
culture

Xoconochco(Aztec)

Sta. María de Guadalupe

La Bermuda(uninh.)

Once Mil
Virgenes

Sta. María de la Antigua

Nueva Toledo(Sp.)

SM Victoria(Sp/Cortés)

Santa María
la Antigua
del Darién

May–Jul 1519Cortés establishes control
over Veracruz coast

8 Aug–8 Nov 1519Cortés marches
from Veracruz coast
to Tenochtitlan

Aug 1519Spanish found
Panama City

Sep 1519Cortés persuades
Tlaxcala to ally with him

Sep 1519–Sep 1522Magellan and Elcano
circumnavigate world

Oct 1519Cortés sacks
city of Cholula

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