Map of North America in 1530

For 1530, 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: 150 names within North America. The map also draws 118 outlines here that the source gives no name.

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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)
Athabaskan1,720,000
T'atsaot'ine1,720,000
Cree924,000
Obiwa574,000
Inupiaq558,000
Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)527,000
Shoshoni517,000
Naskapi Innu359,000
Apache343,000
Assiniboin339,000
Ute287,000
Eyaq277,000
Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)270,000
Montagnais Innu232,000
Northern Paiute231,000
Illinnois221,000
Comanche216,000
Yup'ik & Cup'ik214,000
Osage212,000
Mescalero207,000
Arapaho191,000
Shawnee173,000
Crow172,000
Kiowa159,000
Santee142,000
Teton133,000
Caohuiltecs133,000
Catawba127,000
Caddo127,000
Mi'kma'ki123,000
Wichita121,000
Southern Paiute118,000
Erie118,000
Blackfoot117,000
Pawnee112,000
Muskogee108,000
Beothuk102,000
Chicaksaw99,100
Yankontai94,700
Chiricahua91,900
Potawatomi89,300
Navaho86,600
Choctaw84,500
Yankton84,000
Tonkawa82,700
Quapaw82,300
Abnaki80,500
Iowa79,600
Suspiaq78,000
Haudenosaunee72,100
Aaniiih70,800
Caloosahatchee culture69,000
Cherokee65,800
Cheyenne65,500
Susquehanna63,100
Cochimà61,500
Hitchiti59,900
Flathead59,600
Lipan58,900
Cahitas57,700
Guachimis57,600
Tepehuane57,600
Timucua55,500
Delaware52,700
Tutelo50,000
Missouri49,200
Papago48,600
Zacatecs48,500
Nez Perce47,800
Atakapa47,500
Miami46,800
Guachichiles46,400
Yokuts46,100
Yavapai44,800
Pima40,400
Jicarilla40,000
Tamalipueca38,400
Kansa38,100
Pennacook33,400
Menomini31,900
Serano31,400
Knucati31,400
Ponca30,300
Greenland29,900
Kwakwaka'wakw29,300
Chisos28,100
Mahicacn25,700
Acaxea25,300
Natchez25,100
Naniaho24,600
Yuchi23,700
Chatot23,100
Karankawa22,000
Chumash21,300
Miwok19,100
Yakima19,100
Walapai19,000
Omaha18,800
Conoy18,500
Kalapuya17,800
Toboso17,800
Tenimo17,100
Havasupai17,100
Fox17,000
Maiou16,900
Yuma16,800
Alabama16,800
Chtimacha16,400
Iroquois15,800
Cayuse15,800
Spokane15,200
Kamia15,100
Costanoan14,500
Tunica14,400
Kawahsu14,400
Kalispel14,200
Patwin14,100
Arikara14,000
Oto13,900
Cusabo13,300
Irritilas12,700
Winebago12,200
Lagunero12,000
Cahulia12,000
Ninticoy10,900
Saunan10,700
Luiseno10,500
Pomo10,200
Kijkitat9,950
Pocumtuk9,710
Riro9,310
Modoc9,270
Hopie8,320
Wappynger7,780
Zuni7,580
Umatilla7,240
Pewa6,830
Janabres6,730
Apalachee6,200
Houma5,720
Mandan5,060
Tano4,200
Montana3,940
Masachuset3,750
Tancalba3,750
Nayarit3,600
Biloxi2,570
Thompson1,710
Maratines256
Chukchi69.6

What changed since 1500

Now drawn

T'atsaot'ine, Cree, Obiwa, Inupiaq, Shoshoni, Naskapi Innu, Assiniboin, Ute, Eyaq, Montagnais Innu, Northern Paiute, Illinnois, Yup'ik & Cup'ik, Osage, Mescalero, Arapaho, Shawnee, Kiowa, Santee, Teton, Caohuiltecs, Catawba, Caddo, Wichita, Southern Paiute, Erie, Blackfoot, Pawnee, Muskogee, Chicaksaw, Yankontai, Chiricahua, Potawatomi, Navaho, Choctaw, Yankton, Tonkawa, Quapaw, Abnaki, Iowa, Suspiaq, Aaniiih, Caloosahatchee culture, Cherokee, Susquehanna, Cochimà, Hitchiti, Flathead, Lipan, Cahitas, Guachimis, Tepehuane, Timucua, Tutelo, Missouri, Papago, Zacatecs, Atakapa, Miami, Guachichiles, Yokuts, Yavapai, Pima, Jicarilla, Tamalipueca, Kansa, Pennacook, Menomini, Serano, Knucati, Ponca, Greenland, Kwakwaka'wakw, Chisos, Mahicacn, Acaxea, Naniaho, Yuchi, Chatot, Karankawa, Chumash, Miwok, Yakima, Walapai, Omaha, Conoy, Kalapuya, Toboso, Tenimo, Havasupai, Fox, Maiou, Yuma, Alabama, Chtimacha, Cayuse, Spokane, Kamia, Costanoan, Tunica, Kawahsu, Kalispel, Patwin, Arikara, Oto, Cusabo, Irritilas, Winebago, Lagunero, Cahulia, Ninticoy, Saunan, Luiseno, Kijkitat, Pocumtuk, Riro, Modoc, Hopie, Wappynger, Zuni, Umatilla, Pewa, Janabres, Apalachee, Houma, Mandan, Tano, Montana, Masachuset, Tancalba, Nayarit, Biloxi, Thompson, Maratines, Chukchi

No longer drawn

Plain bison hunters, Thule, Cherookee, Tlinoit, Huron, Hopi, Desert hunter-gatherers, Algonquin, Navajo, Coqs, Innu, North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples, Calusa, Kalmar Union, Bella

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1530 Map of Europe · 1530 Map of the Middle East · 1530 Map of Africa · 1530 Map of South Asia · 1530 Map of East Asia · 1530 Map of Southeast Asia · 1530 Map of Central Asia · 1530 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1530 Map of South America · 1530 Map of Oceania · 1530

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 170°W–52°W, 24°N–72°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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