Map of Central America and the Caribbean in 1840
On 1 July 1840, IntMap’s historical map draws 32 names within Central America and the Caribbean. The borders for this date 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 | 1,860,000 |
| United States | 643,000 |
| State of Venezuela | 599,000 |
| New Granada | 305,000 |
| Republic of the Rio Grande | 299,000 |
| Joint Mexico-Texas Claim | 257,000 |
| Republic of Texas | 194,000 |
| New Spain (1823-1854) | 165,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 152,000 |
| Nicaragua | 136,000 |
| Guatemala | 126,000 |
| Comancheria | 122,000 |
| Honduras | 120,000 |
| Republic of Haiti | 92,000 |
| Costa Rica | 60,100 |
| Colony of the Bahamas | 51,400 |
| Federal Republic of Central America | 22,900 |
| 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 |
| British Bay Islands | 1,690 |
| Colony of Dominica | 1,570 |
| Cayman Islands | 1,520 |
| Martinique | 1,200 |
| Colony of Bermuda | 555 |
What changed since 1839
Now drawn
Republic of the Rio Grande
No longer drawn
United Provinces of Central America
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1840 Map of Europe · 1839–1840 Map of the Middle East · 1840–1845 Map of Africa · 1840 Map of South Asia · 1840–1842 Map of East Asia · 1840 Map of Southeast Asia · 1840 Map of Central Asia · 1840–1845 Map of North America · 1840 Map of South America · 1840 Map of Oceania · 1840
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.