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Há 2 dias · John Senex *** A new map of America from the latest observations*** (1721) This map shows two geographical misconceptions about the Pacific coast of North America. The Sea of the West, shown on this map as the Great Lake of Thoago or Thoya, was a large inland sea that appeared on maps in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Há 2 dias · Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia.Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of Christopher Columbus in the late 15th century.
Há 3 dias · Known as Moll’s “Sasquesahanok Indian Fort” map after the image in the upper left, the map’s title indicates its design, to refute Guillaume Delisle’s “Carte de la Louisiane” map (1718) that showed circumscribed English land claims along the Atlantic coast.
Há 3 dias · History of Latin America, the history of the region (South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Romance language-speaking Caribbean islands) from the pre-Columbian period, including Spanish and Portuguese colonization, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.
Há 4 dias · French colonial empire. The French colonial empire ( French: Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates, and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the " First French colonial empire ", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it ...
Há 2 dias · Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of the continent, the United States includes the state of Alaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state of Hawaii, in the mid-Pacific Ocean.
Há 11 horas · The American Revolution was integral to the changes occurring in American society, politics and culture .... These changes were radical, and they were extensive .... The Revolution not only radically changed the personal and social relationships of people, including the position of women, but also destroyed aristocracy as it'd been understood in the Western world for at least two millennia.
