North America, 04 Mar 1517: Spanish–Mesoamerican contact
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Political map of North America & the Caribbean on 04 Mar 1517 (Conquistadors: Spanish–Mesoamerican contact), showing the following events: Pedriarias Dávila in Panama; Hernández de Córdoba’s expedition.

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)

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.)

Santa María
la Antigua
del Darién

Jun 1514–?? 1526Spanish extend
control over Panama

Feb–Apr 1517Spanish explore Yucatán,
encountering Maya

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