Map of North America, 1777–1781
On 1 July of every year from 1777 to 1781, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 24 names within North America. 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) |
|---|---|
| New Spain (1767-1782) | 5,760,000 |
| Rupert's Land | 5,620,000 |
| Inner Provinces | 3,240,000 |
| North-West Territories | 2,790,000 |
| Captaincy General of Cuba | 2,490,000 |
| United States | 2,390,000 |
| Province of Quebec | 2,160,000 |
| Russian Empire | 1,700,000 |
| Comancheria | 486,000 |
| British Arctic Territories | 255,000 |
| Shoshone | 183,000 |
| Colony of Nova Scotia | 172,000 |
| East Florida | 147,000 |
| West Florida | 147,000 |
| Newfoundland Colony | 141,000 |
| Transylvania Colony | 68,100 |
| Denmark–Norway | 65,600 |
| Luisiana | 33,300 |
| Colony of the Bahamas | 28,600 |
| Vice-Royalty of New Spain | 23,900 |
| New Jersey Colony | 22,600 |
| New Galicia | 20,800 |
| St. John's Island Colony | 9,580 |
| Colony of Bermuda | 555 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1776
Now drawn
United States
No longer drawn
Colony of Georgia, Colony of North Carolina, Colony of Virginia, Province of New York, Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colony of Pennsylvania, Colony of South Carolina, New Santander, New Kingdom of León, Province of Maryland, New Hampshire Colony, Colony of Connecticut, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rhode Island
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1777 Map of Europe · 1775–1782 Map of the Middle East · 1762–1784 Map of Africa · 1776–1777 Map of South Asia · 1775–1780 Map of East Asia · 1775–1779 Map of Southeast Asia · 1777 Map of Central Asia · 1762–1784 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1777 Map of South America · 1777 Map of Oceania · 1767–1780
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 170°W–52°W, 24°N–72°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.