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Rafael Rabello de Barros · CC BY-SA 3.0

Landmark Americas trade

Rio de Janeiro

1565 CE – still standing

Principal Atlantic port for Brazilian gold, sugar, and coffee, and capital of Portuguese America from 1763 after the Minas Gerais gold rush.

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Wikipedia

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Rio de Janeiro 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–1530 CE)
No border recorded here in this snapshot (1600 CE)
Portuguese Brazil (1650 CE–1700 CE) Border precision: Defined
Vice-Royalty of Brazil (1715 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
Viceroyalty of Brazil (1815 CE) Border precision: Defined
Empire of Brazil (1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
Brazil (1900 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined

Border precision

Defined

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

Conflict · Americas

Hawaiian Unification Wars

1782 CE – 1810 CE

Trade route · Americas

Qhapaq Ñan (Inca Royal Road)

1400 CE – 1572 CE

Landmark · Americas

Parícutin Volcano

1943 CE – still standing

Polity · Americas

Mexico

Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Americas

Argentine War of Independence

1810 CE – 1818 CE

Trade route · Americas

Spanish Treasure Fleet Return

1566 CE – 1790 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1565 CE and 2026 CE.

1565 CE Acapulco 1586 CE Church of San Francisco 1587 CE Church of São Francisco 1593 CE Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires 1605 CE Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús 1608 CE Quebec City

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 Catherine de' Medici Figure · France 1519 CE – 1589 CE Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing

Image credits 5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons

Rio de Janeiro Rafael Rabello de Barros · CC BY-SA 3.0
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