Map of North America 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: 95 names within North America. The map also draws 105 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)
Athabaskan1,720,000
T'atsaot'ine1,720,000
Cree924,000
Vice-Royalty of New Spain767,000
Spanish Empire583,000
Obiwa574,000
Inupiaq558,000
Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)522,000
Shoshoni517,000
Naskapi Innu359,000
Assiniboin339,000
Montagnais Innu327,000
Ute287,000
Eyaq277,000
Northern Paiute231,000
Illinnois221,000
Comanche216,000
Yup'ik & Cup'ik214,000
Osage212,000
Mi'kma'ki209,000
Mescalero206,000
Arapaho191,000
Shawnee173,000
Crow172,000
Kiowa159,000
Santee142,000
Teton133,000
Caddo127,000
Florida123,000
Wichita121,000
Southern Paiute118,000
Erie117,000
Blackfoot117,000
Pawnee112,000
Yankontai94,700
Potawatomi86,000
Yankton84,000
Tonkawa82,700
Quapaw82,300
Iowa79,800
Haudenosaunee78,200
Suspiaq78,000
New France72,800
Gros Ventre70,800
Atakapa69,500
Cherokee65,800
Cheyenne65,600
Lipan58,900
English Colonial Empire49,700
Kingdom of England49,500
Missouri49,200
Nez Perce47,800
Yokuts46,100
Miami45,700
Yavapai44,800
Virginia41,000
Jicarilla40,000
Kansa38,100
Serano31,400
Menomini30,400
Ponca30,300
Kingdom of France25,500
Natchez25,100
Yuchi23,700
New Netherland23,100
Massachusetts Bay21,600
Miwok19,100
Yakima19,100
Omaha18,800
New Amsterdam18,500
Kalapuya17,800
Tenimo17,100
Fox17,000
Maiou16,900
Alabama16,800
Chtimacha16,400
Cayuse15,800
Tunica14,400
Kawahsu14,400
Kalispel14,200
Arikara14,000
Oto13,900
Winebago12,100
Iroquois10,200
Pomo10,200
Modoc9,270
South Carolina8,840
Hopie8,320
Umatilla7,240
Houma5,720
Mandan5,060
Catawba3,670
New Sweden2,850
Chukchi69.6
Tano38.6

What changed since 1600

Now drawn

Vice-Royalty of New Spain, Florida, New France, Gros Ventre, English Colonial Empire, Kingdom of England, Virginia, Kingdom of France, New Netherland, Massachusetts Bay, New Amsterdam, South Carolina, New Sweden

No longer drawn

Apache, Caohuiltecs, Muskogee, Beothuk, Chicaksaw, Chiricahua, Navaho, Choctaw, Abnaki, Aaniiih, Caloosahatchee culture, Susquehanna, Cochimí, Hitchiti, Flathead, Cahitas, Guachimis, Delaware, Tutelo, Papago, Timucua, Pima, Tamalipueca, Tepehuane, Pennacook, Knucati, Greenland, Kwakwaka'wakw, Chisos, Mahicacn, Naniaho, Chatot, Karankawa, Chumash, Acaxea, Walapai, Conoy, Toboso, Havasupai, Yuma, Spokane, Kamia, Costanoan, Patwin, Cusabo, Cahulia, Ninticoy, Saunan, Luiseno, Zacatecs, Kijkitat, Pocumtuk, Riro, Wappynger, Zuni, Apalachee, Pewa, Montana, Masachuset, Tancalba, Janabres, Lagunero, Biloxi, Thompson, Nayarit, 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 Central America and the Caribbean · 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 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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