The Americas in 1870
This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for The Americas in that year.
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States and peoples in the Americas in 1870
Largest first, by area on this map.
- United States of America
- Empire of Brazil
- British Colonial Empire
- Mexico
- Argentine Confederation
- Bolivia
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- Venezuela
- Republic of Chile
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Greenland
- Spanish Empire
- Netherlands Antilles
- Honduras
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Guatemala
- Second French Empire
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Empire of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
New on the map since 1845
Mexico · Republic of Colombia · Second French Empire · Dominican Republic
Gone from the map by 1895
Empire of Brazil · Spanish Empire · Second French Empire · Kingdom of Hawaï'i
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1870
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.