Most prevalent ancestries in the US and Canada mapped
Ethnic maps
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Dominant Ancestry Map of the US and Canada

Germans cover the Midwest—41 million Americans. Wisconsin 37% German, North Dakota 36%, some counties hit 64%. Mexicans cluster along the border at 11% of Americans. African Americans dominate where plantations were. English ancestry leads Appalachia and BC. French fills Quebec and northern Maine. Montana is German, southern Saskatchewan is German. But Washington is German and British Columbia is English. Settlement timing and colonial policies created these patterns that persist today.

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Map ProjectionsPolitical maps
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How big is Mexico?

Mexico is a nation in the southern part of North America. It is bordered to the north by the U.S., to the southeast by Belize and Guatemala. Mexico is a vast country. It covers almost 2 million square kilometers (~762 thousand sq mi), making it the global’s 13th-biggest nation by area. Moreover, Mexico is a tenth-most-populous nation (about 129 million citizens) and the most populated Spanish-speaking country.

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CitiesOld maps
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Old bird’s-eye-view maps of the Manhattan

The heart of the New York metropolitan area, Manhattan traces its roots to a trading post established by settlers from the Dutch Republic in 1624; the trading post was called New Amsterdam. Historically, Manhattan has been bought by Dutch settlers from Lenape Native Americans for 60 guilders (~$1059 in contemporary terms). The area and its neighborhoods came under the English administration in 1664 and were renamed New York.

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