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1680

European Powers Vie for the North American Supremacy | France in Canada, the Caribbean

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1680

South America & Caribbean:Buccaneer John Coxon captures Santa Maria and takes several vessels in the Bay of Panama.
North America:Pueblo Indians route Spanish colonists near Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico; Father Hennepin, who discovered Niagara Falls two years ago settles near present-day Minneapolis while Robert de La Salle explores the upper Mississippi Valley. Maryland colonists, depleted of provisions, are forced to eat oysters
Europe: For the next 40 years Europe will see more than usual problems with famines, epidemics and revolts.
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