The Americas in 1850
This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1850
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Empire of Brazil
- United States of America
- Russian Empire
- Federated Republic of Mexico
- Bolivia
- Argentine Confederation
- Republic of New Granada
- Republic of Peru
- British Colonial Empire
- Venezuela
- Paraguay
- Republic of Chile
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Greenland
- Netherlands Antilles
- Spanish Empire
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- French Second Republic
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Empire of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
New on the map since 1825
Argentine Confederation · Republic of New Granada · Venezuela · Republic of Ecuador · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · Republic of Nicaragua · Guatemala · Honduras · French Second Republic · Republic of Costa Rica · Dominican Republic · Republic of El Salvador
Gone from the map by 1875
Russian Empire · Federated Republic of Mexico · Republic of New Granada · Paraguay · Spanish Empire · French Second Republic
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1850
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.