Map of Central America and the Caribbean in 1841
On 1 July 1841, IntMap’s historical map draws 34 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 | 1,990,000 |
| United States | 643,000 |
| State of Venezuela | 599,000 |
| Joint Mexico-Texas Claim | 257,000 |
| New Granada | 202,000 |
| Republic of Texas | 194,000 |
| Republic of Yucatán | 171,000 |
| New Spain (1823-1854) | 165,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 152,000 |
| Nicaragua | 136,000 |
| Guatemala | 126,000 |
| Comancheria | 122,000 |
| Honduras | 120,000 |
| State of the Isthmus | 103,000 |
| Republic of Haiti | 92,000 |
| Costa Rica | 60,100 |
| Colony of the Bahamas | 51,400 |
| El Salvador | 22,900 |
| Colony of Jamaica | 14,700 |
| Captaincy General of Puerto Rico | 14,100 |
| British Settlements on the Bay of Honduras | 10,900 |
| Settlement of British 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 1840
Now drawn
Republic of Yucatán, State of the Isthmus, El Salvador, Settlement of British Honduras
No longer drawn
Republic of the Rio Grande, Federal Republic of Central America
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1841 Map of Europe · 1841 Map of the Middle East · 1840–1845 Map of Africa · 1841 Map of South Asia · 1840–1842 Map of East Asia · 1841–1845 Map of Southeast Asia · 1841 Map of Central Asia · 1840–1845 Map of North America · 1841–1845 Map of South America · 1841 Map of Oceania · 1841
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.