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Landmark Americas trade

Portobelo

1597 CE – 1821 CE · 224 years

Caribbean terminus of the Spanish treasure fleet system, where Peruvian silver carried across the Isthmus of Panama was loaded for Seville.

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Who held this ground

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

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1530 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1600 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Americas at the time

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Landmark · Americas

Ciudad Perdida

800 CE – 1600 CE

Polity · Americas

Canada

Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Trade route · Americas

Spanish Treasure Fleet Return

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Landmark · Americas

Langi Royal Tombs of Mu'a

1200 CE – 1800 CE

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Trade route · Americas

Atlantic Return (Sugar & Tobacco)

1600 CE – 1850 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1597 CE and 1821 CE.

1605 CE Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús 1608 CE Quebec City 1609 CE Beaver Wars (Iroquois Wars) 1609 CE Iroquois Beaver Wars 1610 CE Anglo-Powhatan Wars 1626 CE New York

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 Holy Roman Empire Polity · Europe 962 CE – 1806 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Venice–Constantinople Route Trade route · Europe 800 CE – 1600 CE Elizabeth I Figure · England 1533 CE – 1603 CE Butrint Landmark · Europe 800 BCE – 1800 CE
Image credits 4 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Portobelo en:User:Tedder · CC BY 3.0
  • Ciudad Perdida Giancarlos1234 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone) Original: George F. G. Stanley Modified by: The original uploader was Illegitimate Barris… · Public domain
  • Flag of Mexico Omar Alejandro Covarrubias Neri, 9 April 2006. Based on the 1968 arms by Francisco Eppens… · Public domain