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Landmark Americas trade

Montevideo

1724 CE – still standing

Founded by the Spanish as a fortified Rio de la Plata port, it rivaled Buenos Aires in the hide, tallow, and later beef trade of the Southern Cone.

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Christ the Redeemer

1931 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Spanish Treasure Fleet Return

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Landmark · Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

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Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

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