And as you can see, it was for the most part divided as colonies by a bunch of European powers. Most prominent is Spain. You can see in this peach brownish color. It had control all the way as south as modern day Chile and Argentina, and all the way as far north as modern day Texas and California. You also see significant control by the Portuguese in what will eventually be Brazil. The French have at this point some territory, especially in North America and in several islands in the Caribbean. And the British, of course, have control along the east coast of North America.