Map: The British Colonies By the early 1600s, England was eager to gain a colonial foothold on the North American continent. The first enduring settlement was founded at Jamestown in Virginia in 1607.

The story of France in colonial North America has forever been connected with the exploits of the Society of Jesus, thanks to their own exhaustive documentation of their efforts in TheJesuit ...

Colonization of North America 24/7 Wall St. / mapchart.net Starting in the 15th century, Portugal began exploring the African coast searching for a shorter route for trade with Asia.

He writes: "The original North American colonies were settled by people from distinct regions of the British Isles—and from France, the Netherlands, and Spain—each with its own religious ...

Cross-cultural map for a changing world. This map was made by an Algonquian speaking group of Native North Americans of the Ohio River Valley area around the 1770s, most likely the Piankashaw.

A valuable Report on the Commerce of the British Colonies' in North America has recently been issued from the Treasury -Department in Washington. It is the work of Mr. I. D. ANDREWS, ...

A 1755 map of the Great Lake region by John Mitchell, which was is the most comprehensive map of eastern North America made during the colonial era. Don't Edit Around 1620 -- about the same time ...

North American buckskin map (made around 1775), from mid-western USA The first world war began in 1756. For the next seven years Britain and France were to fight each other on land and sea in ...