Spanish and Portuguese South America 1525-1750

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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