North America, 22 May 1520: Captivity of Moctezuma II
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 22 May 1520 (The Conquistadors: Captivity of Moctezuma II), showing the following events: Capture of Moctezuma II; Enriquillo’s rebellion; Narváez vs Cortés; First Cocoliztli epidemic; Toxcatl 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/Cuba)

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

Aztec
Empire(Sp/Cortés infl.)

Veragua(Sp./Col. disp.)

New
Andalusia(Sp. claim)

Puerto
Rico(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

14 Nov 1519Cortés seizes Moctezuma,
making him a puppet ruler

1519–1533Enriquillo leads Taíno
revolt on Hispaniola

19 Apr–29 May 1520Cortés defeats
Cuban expedition
sent to arrest him

Apr–Dec 1520Smallpox kills millions
in Aztec Empire

22 May 1520Spanish massacre
Aztecs in Great Temple
of Tenochtitlan

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