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Landmark Americas trade

Havana

1519 CE – still standing

Key assembly point for the Spanish treasure fleet, the Caribbean's most important colonial trading port linking the Americas to Spain

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Havana on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

Before it was built (3000 BCE–1500 CE)
No border recorded here in this snapshot (1530 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Americas

Christ the Redeemer

1931 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Mesoamerican Trade Network

1200 BCE – 1521 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Landmark · Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Qhapaq Ñan (Inca Royal Road)

1400 CE – 1572 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1519 CE and 2026 CE.

1519 CE Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire 1519 CE Veracruz 1519 CE Havana 1521 CE Cathedral of San Juan Bautista 1521 CE Fall of Tenochtitlán 1529 CE Inca Civil War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Leonardo da Vinci Figure · Florence, Milan, France 1452 CE – 1519 CE Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing

Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Havana RenaatPeeters · CC BY-SA 4.0
Christ the Redeemer (statue) Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Flag of Canada (Pantone) Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
Parícutin Karla Yannín Alcázar Quintero (photographer) · CC BY 2.0
Flag of Mexico Omar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain