The Columbian Exchange and Colonizing the Americas Maps and Charts

The World Known to Europe, 1492

Europe, Africa, and Southwestern Asia in 1500

Trade Routes with the East

West Africa and the Mediterranean in the Fifteenth Century (p. 21)

Orbis Typus Universalis (p Orbis Typus Universalis (p. 4) John Carter Brown Library, Brown University.

Native American Worlds The First Americans The Mayas and the Aztecs The Indians of the North

Map First Migration.jpg Map: The First Migration

The First Discoverers of America

Peopling of the Americas

The Ice Age and the Settling of the Americas (p. 8)

Map Pre-Columbian Indians.jpg Map: Pre-Columbian Indian Civilizations in Mesoamerica and South America

Major Mesoamerican Cultures, c. 1000 b.c.–a.d. 1519

Major Andean Cultures, 900 b.c.–a.d. 1432

Map Pre-Columbian Indians in North America.jpg Map: Pre-Columbian Indian Civilizations in North America

North American Indian Peoples at the Time of First Contact with Europeans

Native American Peoples, 1492 (p. 10)

Locations of Selected Native American Peoples, a.d. 1500

Europe Encounters Africa and the Americas, 1450-1550 The Renaissance West African Society and Slavery Europe Reaches the Americas The Spanish Conquest

The Columbian Exchange (p. 28)

Major Transatlantic Explorations, 1000–1587

Map Columbus’ Voyages.jpg Map: Columbus's Voyages

Principle Voyages of Discovery

The Eurasian Trade System and European Maritime Ventures, 1500 (p. 23)

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Principal Early Spanish Explorations and Conquests

The Spanish Conquest of the Great Indian Civilizations (p. 25)

The Spanish and Portuguese and Empires

Map Spanish Explorations of the Americas.jpg Map: Spanish Explorations of the Mainland

Map Spanish and Portuguese Explorations.jpg

Spain’s North American Frontier, 1542-1823

Balboa with Cross Balboa with cross, 1513

Coronado’s March Coronado's March

Indians worship column

Indians Massacre Priests

The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of England The Protestant Movement The Dutch and the English Challenge Spain The Social Causes of English Colonization

Map English, French and Dutch Explorations.jpg

French landing in the New World French landing in New World

Major Religions in Europe, c. 1560

Religious Diversity in Europe, 1600 (p. 32)

The Yearly Rhythm of Rural Life and Death (p. 16)

The Great Price Inflation and Living Standards in Europe (p. 34)

Structure of English Society, 1688

Decline in Real Wages in England, 1500–1700

European Imperial Claims and Settlements in Eastern North America, 1565–1625

Bartholomew Gosnold Trading with Wampanoag Indians at Martha’s Vineyard (1602)