File:Colonisation 1550.png

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Map of major world powers by year

Maps of world history
BC

5000 · 2000 · 1000 · 500 · 400 · 323 · 300 · 200 · 100 · 50

AD

1 · 50 · 100 · 200 · 250 · 300 · 400 · 500 · 700 · 750 · 820 · 900 · 1200 · 1500 · 1556 · 1648 · 1700 · 1750 · 1815 · 1859 · 1871 · 1914 · 1935 · 1954 · 1989 · 2000 ·

Maps of colonization history
1492 · 1550 · 1600 · 1660 · 1754 · 1800 · 1812 · 1822 · 1885 · 1898 · 1914 · 1920 · 1936 · 1938 · 1945 · 1959 · 1974 · 1975 · 2007
Animated Map

Maps of Cold War
1959 · 1980 · Nows ·

see also: Eastern Hemisphere only maps template (1300BC-1500AD)

(this template: · view · discuss )

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