The Americas in 1800
This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1800
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- United States of America
- British Colonial Empire
- Greenland
- Russian Empire
- French Louisiana
- British Empire
- Haiti
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- New Netherland
New on the map since 1775
United States of America · French Louisiana · British Empire · Haiti · Kingdom of Hawaï'i
Gone from the map by 1825
Portuguese Empire · French Louisiana · British Empire · Haiti · New Netherland
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Other regions in 1800
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.