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Coordinates: 40°N 113°W. The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.
April 26 – Battle of Las Salinas: Almagro is defeated by Francisco Pizarro, who then seizes Cusco. [2] June 18 – Truce of Nice: Peace is declared between Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France. [3] June 19 – Dissolution of the Monasteries in England: The newly founded Bisham Abbey is dissolved.
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term the West changed.
The Waldseemüller map, printed in 1507, depicted the New World in a new way. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in ...
The New Kingdom of Granada ( Spanish: Nuevo Reino de Granada ), or Kingdom of the New Granada, was the name given to a group of 16th-century Spanish ultramarine provinces in northern South America governed by the president of the Royal Audience of Santafé, an area corresponding mainly to modern-day Colombia.
As defined by the Census Bureau, the western United States includes 13 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Sep 21 Shrine of Saint Swithun in Winchester smashed up in the middle of the night as part of the English Reformation. Sep 28 Battle at Preveza: Ottoman fleet under Barbarossa beats Papal alliance off Northwestern Greece. Oct 28 The first university in the New World, the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established on Hispaniola.
