1. Claimed and Controlled
Explorers Areas
Claimed and Controlled

2. Spain Philippines Canary Islands Melilla and Ceuta (west North Africa)
Western US (present day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, etc.)
Mexico
South America (majority)
Cuba, Caribean Islands

3. Portugal Brazil Azores (Atlantic Ocean) Madeira
Cape Verde Island (off coast of west Africa)
Fernando Po (south of Gold Coast)
Angola
Diu and Goa (India port cities)
Macao (China port city)

4. England Jamaica Gambia (west Africa) Gold Coast
Bombay, Madras, Calcutta (port cities in India)
Eventually India
Jamestown, Plymouth, eventually 13 colonies
Hudson Bay
After 1763, Canada and Quebec

5. France Quebec and Canada (until 1763 after French and Indian War)
Goree Island (west Africa)
Bourbon (off coast of Madagascar)
Ft. Dauphine (Madagascar)
Gold Coast
Pondicherry and Calicut (India port cities)
Mississppi area (later called Louisiana Territory)
Newfoundland (North of present day Maine)

6. The Netherlands Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) Sri Lanka
East Indies (Malacca, Batavia, Spice Islands)
Cochin (west coast of India)
Mauritius (off coast of Madagascar)
Gold Coast (port city)
Hudson River area, present day New York City (until 1664)