It is well known as how the Aztec and Mayan states disintegrated to the Spanish conquistadors in the 16th century that led to the various Mexican factions unit…

While the easter coast of the United States was well-formed in the 19th-century, the territories west of the Mississippi River were yet to be formed into their…

Today's Canada has a total of ten provinces and three territories; Yukon (Whitehorse) , Northwest Territories (Yellowknife) , British Columbia (Victoria) ,…

The Central American nations - Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama - the names are as old as their origin. But more than…

It is well-known that the Dutch were the predecessors to the English on the eastern coast of the United States, following what would be the Thirteen Colonies. …

When the European merchant vessels sailed out to trade with India, less they knew about the unexplored world. They assumed that entire southeast Asia is part o…

By the start of the 17th century, the Viceroyalty of New Spain had already expanded its territories from California to Chile and covering Florida in the east. …

Northwest Passage is basically the sea-route (s) crossing the Bering Strait and going all the way along the Arctic Ocean through the Labrador Sea (between Gree…

After the 1857-58 anti-Company revolts in northern India (or technically, Hindustan), the dominions of Awadh (or Oudh) and Bengal were left distraught. Extensi…

For a good amount of time since the 19th century, US didn't change much of their boundaries. When all the 50 states (excluding Alaska) were organized, the …

The island of Guanahani (today's San Salvador) was the land where Christopher Columbus landed in 1492 as believed by many scholars. But it was Hispaniola t…

Arctic Ocean exploration has been a mystery to early explorers and geographers. Often this region would be marked as unexplored or partially explored or just a…

It's interesting to know how early explorers misjudged sizes and geography of the world and assumed a lot based on mythical and fantasy stories. 13th and 1…

By 1850s, the eastern part of today's USA was properly defined (except the partitioning of Virginia). The western part started to evolve dramatically givin…