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Map 7.2. North America

Like Latin America, large areas of North America in the eighteenth century were claimed by various Western empires, especially the British, Spanish and French.

back to images & maps Here is a map focusing mostly on the area that would become the United States of America. From the original thirteen colonies hugging the Atlantic Ocean would emerge a vast settler society and empire, one of the most dramatic—and violent—developments in world history, involving both the destruction of the environment […]

Map 7.1. Latin America in the eighteenth century

Latin America in the eighteenth century. The political map of this part of the world would change dramatically in the nineteenth century with the wave of independence and the creation of federal republics.

back to images & maps North Americans and especially many citizens of the United States forget that well into the nineteenth century most of the Americas were part of the Spanish and Portugues empires. The British Empire held relatively small regions, in the United States east of the Mississippi River and considerable parts of the […]

Ch7.1. “An Indian [Chickasaw] War Dance.”

Guns became vitally important to American Indian societies. This painting from the eighteenth century shows guns hanging from a Chickasaw building.

back to images & maps Ch7.1. “An Indian [Chickasaw] War Dance.” “An Indian [Chickasaw] War Dance.” Reproduced with Permission of the Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen. NKS 565 kvart:  Friedrich von Reck’s drawings (c. 1734-1736) Western guns revolutionized societies across the globe, no more so in North America. Prior to European contact, indigenous peoples relied on bows and […]