North America in 1812
1812 is Napoleon's empire at its height. This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.
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States and peoples in North America in 1812
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Spanish Empire
- United States of America
- British Colonial Empire
- Mexicans
- Greenland
- New Granada
- Russian Empire
- British Empire
- Empire of Haiti
- Kingdom of Hawaï'i
- First French colonial empire
New on the map since 1787
Mexicans · New Granada · British Empire · Empire of Haiti · Kingdom of Hawaï'i · First French colonial empire
Gone from the map by 1837
Mexicans · New Granada · British Empire · First French colonial empire
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Other regions in 1812
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.