The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) is a bit on the early side for this game.

This might be of some interest to you. Maps of Europe and North America in the general starting period. :http://www.euratlas.com/history_euro..._map_1700.html,
http://etc.usf.edu/Maps/pages/7400/7482/7482.htm
http://www.ambrosevideo.com/resources/documents/113.jpg
Native American Tribes
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/unite...ndian_east.jpg
http://www.evolpub.com/ALR/GallatinmapE.jpg


If you have an interest in North American History and don’t know who William Johnson was, you may want to read up on him.