Map of Central America and the Caribbean, 1836–1837
On 1 July of every year from 1836 to 1837, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 27 names within Central America and the Caribbean. The borders come from OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Mexico | 2,160,000 |
| United States | 643,000 |
| State of Venezuela | 599,000 |
| Federal Republic of Central America | 377,000 |
| New Granada | 305,000 |
| Joint Mexico-Texas Claim | 257,000 |
| Republic of Texas | 194,000 |
| New Spain (1823-1854) | 165,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 152,000 |
| Comancheria | 122,000 |
| Republic of Haiti | 92,000 |
| United Provinces of Central America | 85,800 |
| Colony of the Bahamas | 51,400 |
| Colony of Jamaica | 14,700 |
| Captaincy General of Puerto Rico | 14,100 |
| British Settlements on the Bay of Honduras | 10,900 |
| Vice-Royalty of New Spain | 8,190 |
| Colony of Trinidad | 7,680 |
| British Windward Islands | 6,910 |
| British Guiana | 6,300 |
| Federated Republic of Mexico | 6,200 |
| Colony of Guadelupe | 4,380 |
| Danish West Indies | 1,890 |
| Colony of Dominica | 1,570 |
| Cayman Islands | 1,520 |
| Martinique | 1,200 |
| Colony of Bermuda | 555 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1834–1835
Now drawn
Joint Mexico-Texas Claim, Republic of Texas, Federated Republic of Mexico
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1836 Map of Europe · 1834–1838 Map of the Middle East · 1832–1838 Map of Africa · 1836–1838 Map of South Asia · 1834–1839 Map of East Asia · 1833–1838 Map of Southeast Asia · 1832–1838 Map of Central Asia · 1828–1839 Map of North America · 1836–1839 Map of South America · 1836 Map of Oceania · 1836–1838
Source and method
Borders and names: OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 + Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 118°W–59°W, 7°N–33°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.