Caption
Spanish and Portuguese South America 1525-1750
Summary
This map illustrates the colonization of South America between 1525-1750 by Spain and Portugal.
Legend indicates:
- Inca Empire 1525
- Spanish Settlement:
- to 1640
- to 1750
- frontier lands 1750
- Portuguese settlement:
- to 1640
- to 1750
- frontier lands 1750
- Dutch Colony
- French Colony
- Jesuit mission state
- Economic Activities
- coffee
- sugar
- mixed agriculture
- silver
- gold
- mining
- cocoa
- mercury
- hides
- wine
- Sea trade route
- Land trade route
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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