The Americas in 1938
1938 is the eve of the Second World War. 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 1938
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Canada
- United States of America
- Unitary State of Brazil
- Argentine Republic
- Mexico
- Greenland
- Republic of Peru
- Republic of Colombia
- Bolivia
- Venezuela
- British Colonial Empire
- Republic of Chile
- Paraguay
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Netherlands Antilles
- Republic of Nicaragua
- Republic of Cuba
- Honduras
- Guatemala
- French Third Republic
- Republic of Panama
- Republic of Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Republic of Haiti
- Republic of El Salvador
New on the map since 1913
Canada · Unitary State of Brazil · Argentine Republic · Mexico · Republic of Haiti
Gone from the map by 1963
Unitary State of Brazil · Greenland · Republic of Cuba · French Third Republic
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The Americas in other years
Other regions in 1938
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.