North America, 12 Oct 1492: Arrival of Columbus
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 12 Oct 1492 (Age of Columbus: Arrival of Columbus), showing the following events: Reign of Ahuitzotl; Capitulations of Santa Fe; Columbus’ voyage of discovery.

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

Pueblo
villages

South

Appalachian

Mississippian

Plaque-
mine
culture

Southern
Plains
villagers

Apr 1486–Sep 1502Aztec expansion
under Ahuitzotl

Jan–Apr 1492Spanish monarchs
agree to back
Columbus

3 Aug–12 Oct 1492Columbus crosses Atlantic,
landing in Bahamas

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