Caption
Mexico, Central America and the Eastern Caribbean 1520-1750
Summary
This map illustrates the colonization of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean between 1520-1750 by Spain. Legend on the left summarizes the economy of the Spanish Caribbean colonies.
Legend indicates:
- Native people c. 1520
- Aztec Empire 1519
- Territory colonized by the Spanish:
- to 1640
- to 1750
- frontier lands in 1750
- Date of foundation of town
- Sea trade route
- Economic Activities
- livestock
- leather
- sugar
- coffee
- cochineal
- indigo
- silver
- textiles
- hides
- wine
Source
Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 2002. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien.
Chapter 3. The Early Modern World: “The Colonization of Central and South America 1500-1780,” page 122.
Copyright
Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Ltd. Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History.
Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.
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