Teotihuacan, plateau, Mexico. 40N. 97W. Pyramids on dedicated to sun and moon.
Tepeaca, Mexico. 17N. 97W. Cortés enters as conqueror, 1520.
[Texas], U.S. (formerly part of Mexico). 25N. 93W. Colony settled in by La Salle, 1685; possession of disputed by French and Spaniards, 17th-19th centuries; San Antonio f. by Spaniards, 1692; declares its independence, 1836; Mexicans defeated by colonists at San Jacinto, 1836; admitted to the Union, 1845; seceded, 1861; readmitted, 1870.
Tezcuco, near Mexico. 19N. 99W. Remains of Cortés removed to from Spain, 1562, and where they remained till removed to Mexico, 1629.
[Thames], river, Ontario. 42N. 82W. Victory over British by Harrison and death of Indian chief Tecumseh, 1813.
Thompson's Island Boston Bay. 42N. 71W. Landing of Miles Standish and party on, 1621.
[Ticonderoga], N.Y. 43N. 73W. Unsuccessful assault by Abercrombie, and death of Lord Howe, 1758; taken by Amherst, 1759; by Americans (Green Mountain Boys), 1775, who evacuated it, 1777; Americans failed in effort to recover, 1777; English in occupation again, 1780.
[Tierra del Fuego], S.A. 52-56S. 65W. So called by Magalhaes, the discoverer, 1520; explored by Drake and Cook. (See Darwin, 'Voyage of the Beagle.')
Tippecanoe, river, Indiana. 40N. 86W. Defeat on of Indians under Tecumseh and the 'prophet' (Ellskwatana) by Harrison, 1811.
[Titicaca], Lake, between Peru and Bolivia. 15S. 69W. Ruins of older date than the advent of the Incas on its shores.