Map of Central America and the Caribbean in 1859
On 1 July 1859, 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 | 2,050,000 |
| United States | 1,260,000 |
| State of Venezuela | 599,000 |
| Granadine Confederation | 305,000 |
| Honduras | 217,000 |
| New Spain (1854-1861) | 166,000 |
| Miskito Kingdom | 155,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 152,000 |
| Comancheria | 122,000 |
| Nicaragua | 106,000 |
| Guatemala | 95,200 |
| Costa Rica | 60,100 |
| Dominican Republic | 56,300 |
| Colony of the Bahamas | 47,200 |
| Republic of Haiti | 35,700 |
| Settlement of British Honduras | 31,700 |
| El Salvador | 22,900 |
| Chan Santa Cruz | 20,900 |
| Colony of Jamaica | 14,700 |
| Captaincy General of Puerto Rico | 12,800 |
| Colony of Trinidad | 7,680 |
| British Windward Islands | 6,910 |
| British Guiana | 6,300 |
| Colony of Guadelupe | 4,380 |
| Colony of the Turks and Caicos Islands | 4,220 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 3,580 |
| Danish West Indies | 1,890 |
| Colony of the Bay Islands | 1,690 |
| Colony of Dominica | 1,570 |
| Cayman Islands | 1,520 |
| Second French Empire | 1,200 |
| Colony of Bermuda | 555 |
What changed since 1858
Now drawn
Republic of Haiti
No longer drawn
Empire of Haiti
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1859 Map of Europe · 1853–1859 Map of the Middle East · 1859–1861 Map of Africa · 1859 Map of South Asia · 1859–1866 Map of East Asia · 1859–1866 Map of Southeast Asia · 1859–1861 Map of Central Asia · 1859–1873 Map of North America · 1859–1860 Map of South America · 1858–1860 Map of Oceania · 1859
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.