Description: A map of North America showing the European colonization in the region up to the year 1700. The map is color–coded to show the possessions of the British, French, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish. The map shows the territory in dispute between the English and French at the time, and indicates the New Netherlands, including the Swedish Settlements on the Delaware which had been annexed by the Dutch in 1655, were ceded by the Dutch to England in 1664.
Place Names: A Complete Map of North America, Bahamas, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, United State
ISO Topic Categories: oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries
Keywords: European Colonization in North America, political, local jurisdictions,
country borders,
major political subdivisions, oceans,
location,
inlandWaters,
boundaries, Unknown, 1500–1700
Source: Ward, Prothero, and Leathes, The Cambridge Modern History Atlas (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1912)
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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