The Americas in 1830
This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1830
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Empire of Brazil
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- United States of America
- Gran Colombia
- Bolivia
- Río de la Plata
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Peru
- United Provinces of Central America
- Paraguay
- Russian Empire
- Republic of Chile
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Greenland
- Netherlands Antilles
- Spanish Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Empire of Haiti
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
New on the map since 1805
Empire of Brazil · Federated Republic of Mexico · Gran Colombia · Bolivia · Río de la Plata · Republic of Peru · United Provinces of Central America · Paraguay · Republic of Chile · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · Netherlands Antilles · Bourbon Kingdom of France
Gone from the map by 1855
Gran Colombia · Río de la Plata · United Provinces of Central America · Bourbon Kingdom of France
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1830
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.