South America in 1850
This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for South America in that year.
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States and peoples in South America in 1850
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Empire of Brazil
- Bolivia
- Argentine Confederation
- Republic of New Granada
- Republic of Peru
- Venezuela
- Paraguay
- Republic of Chile
- Republic of Ecuador
- Oriental Republic of Uruguay
- Netherlands Antilles
- British Colonial Empire
- French Second Republic
- Spanish Empire
New on the map since 1825
Argentine Confederation · Republic of New Granada · Venezuela · Republic of Ecuador · Oriental Republic of Uruguay · French Second Republic
Gone from the map by 1875
Republic of New Granada · Paraguay · French Second Republic · Spanish Empire
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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.