North America, 08 Aug 1508: Colonization of Puerto Rico
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 08 Aug 1508 (The Age of Columbus: Colonization of Puerto Rico), showing the following events: Jaragua massacre; Discovery of Bermuda; Waldseemüller map; Ocampo’s expedition; Sebastian Cabot’s North-West expedition; Pinzón and Solís expedition; Caparra settlement.

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. claim)

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

La Bermuda(uninh.)

Once Mil
Virgenes

Sta. María de la Antigua

Jul 1503Spanish massacre
Taíno of Jaragua

1505?Spanish discover
Bermuda

Apr 1507First use of “America”
in a map

1508Spanish circum-
navigate Cuba

1508–1509Sebastian Cabot
explores eastern
North America

Jun 1508–Aug 1509Spanish search
for Central
American strait

8 Aug 1508Spanish begin
colonizing Puerto Rico

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