The Americas in 1840
This map shows the 30 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Empire of Brazil
- United States of America
- Bolivia
- Argentine Confederation
- Centralist Mexico
- Republic of New Granada
- Republic of Peru
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- British Colonial Empire
- Venezuela
- Republic of Texas
- Paraguay
- Russian Empire
- Republic of the Rio Grande
- Republic of Chile
- Riograndense Republic
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Greenland
- Netherlands Antilles
- Spanish Empire
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Honduras
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Guatemala
- Empire of Haiti
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Los Altos
- Republic of El Salvador
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
New on the map since 1815
Empire of Brazil · Bolivia · Argentine Confederation · Centralist Mexico · Republic of New Granada · Republic of Peru · Federated Republic of Mexico · Venezuela · Republic of Texas · Republic of the Rio Grande · Republic of Chile · Riograndense Republic · Republic of Ecuador · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · Republic of Nicaragua · Honduras · Guatemala · Republic of Costa Rica · Los Altos · Republic of El Salvador
Gone from the map by 1865
Centralist Mexico · Republic of New Granada · Republic of Texas · Republic of the Rio Grande · Riograndense Republic · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Los Altos
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1840
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.