South America in 1815
1815 is the year of the Congress of Vienna. This map shows the 9 states and peoples the data has for South America in that year.
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States and peoples in South America in 1815
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Portuguese Empire
- Spanish Empire
- Río de la Plata
- Federal League
- New Granada
- Paraguay
- British Colonial Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Netherlands Antilles
New on the map since 1790
Río de la Plata · Federal League · New Granada · Paraguay · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Netherlands Antilles
Gone from the map by 1840
Portuguese Empire · Río de la Plata · Federal League · New Granada
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South America in other years
Other regions in 1815
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.