North America, 15 Aug 1511: Spanish expansion in the Caribbean
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 15 Aug 1511 (The Age of Columbus: Spanish expansion in the Caribbean), showing the following events: Diego Columbus’ governorship; Colony of Santiago; San Sebastián de Urabá; Santa María la Antigua del Darién; Nombre de Dios; Taíno–Spanish War; Conquest of Cuba.

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.)

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

Santiago(Sp./Col.)

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
p e o p l e s

Fernandina(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.)

Santa María
la Antigua
del Darién(Sp.)

Nombre de Dios(Sp.)

Jul 1509–Feb 1526Diego Columbus
governs the Indies

Nov 1509Spanish establish
colony in Jamaica

Jan–Sep 1510Failed Spanish settlement
in Gulf of Urabá

Sep 1510Spanish found town
in Gulf of Darién

Oct 1510Spanish found
Nombre de Dios
in Panama

Feb 1511–?? 1529Taíno resist Spanish
on Puerto Rico

Aug 1511–Aug 1515Spanish conquer
and settle Cuba

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