Map of Central America and the Caribbean in 1650

For 1650, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 29 names within Central America and the Caribbean. The map also draws 25 outlines here that the source gives no name.

Names on the map

As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Spanish Empire5,120,000
Vice-Royalty of New Spain814,000
Mescalero146,000
Florida123,000
Comanche89,900
Tonkawa76,000
Caddo75,400
Atakapa69,500
Lipan58,900
Wichita40,900
Itza Mayans33,000
Natchez25,100
Alabama16,800
Chtimacha16,400
Tunica14,400
Essequibo13,100
Belize11,800
Houma5,720
Kingdom of France4,760
New France4,760
English Colonial Empire2,310
Kingdom of England2,290
New Netherland2,260
Cuba (Spain)886
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth635
Vice Royalty of Peru363
Hispaniola (Spain)339
Quapaw332
Yavapai134

What changed since 1600

Now drawn

Vice-Royalty of New Spain, Florida, Essequibo, Belize, Kingdom of France, New France, English Colonial Empire, Kingdom of England, New Netherland, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Vice Royalty of Peru

No longer drawn

Apache, Caohuiltecs, Vice Royalty of New Spain, Choctaw, Cochimí, Caloosahatchee culture, Chiricahua, Cahitas, Guachimis, Hitchiti, Tamalipueca, Papago, Muskogee, Timucua, Pima, Tepehuane, Chisos, Naniaho, Chatot, Karankawa, Acaxea, Toboso, Yuma, Zacatecs, Kamia, Cusabo, Apalachee, Janabres, Tancalba, Lagunero, Biloxi, Nayarit, Pisones, Knucati, Chicaksaw, Mayas, Maratines

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1650 Map of Europe · 1650 Map of the Middle East · 1650 Map of Africa · 1650 Map of South Asia · 1650 Map of East Asia · 1650 Map of Southeast Asia · 1650 Map of Central Asia · 1650 Map of North America · 1650 Map of South America · 1650 Map of Oceania · 1650

Source and method

Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.

Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 118°W–59°W, 7°N–33°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.

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