Map of South America, 1781–1783
On 1 July of every year from 1781 to 1783, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 21 names within South 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) |
|---|---|
| State of Brazil | 4,840,000 |
| Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata | 4,240,000 |
| Viceroyalty of Peru | 3,360,000 |
| Viceroyalty of New Granada | 3,060,000 |
| State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro | 2,920,000 |
| Governorate of Chile | 1,300,000 |
| Captaincy General of Venezuela | 1,100,000 |
| Suriname | 148,000 |
| Colony of French Guiana | 86,600 |
| Colony of Berbice | 46,500 |
| Governorate of Chiloe | 44,000 |
| Colony of Demerara | 16,200 |
| Colony of Essequibo | 10,500 |
| Colonia Trinidad | 7,680 |
| British Colonial Empire | 5,690 |
| British Empire | 5,460 |
| Colony of Grenada | 1,480 |
| Colony of St Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,020 |
| Colonie de Tobago | 1,020 |
| Sacramento Colony | 85.7 |
| Colony of Barbados | <1 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1778–1780
Now drawn
Colony of Berbice, Colony of Demerara, Colony of Essequibo, Colonie de Tobago
No longer drawn
Kolonie Berbice, Kolonie Demerara, Kolonie Essequebo, Colony of Tobago
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1781 Map of Europe · 1775–1782 Map of the Middle East · 1762–1784 Map of Africa · 1780–1787 Map of South Asia · 1781 Map of East Asia · 1780–1781 Map of Southeast Asia · 1781 Map of Central Asia · 1762–1784 Map of North America · 1777–1781 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1781 Map of Oceania · 1781
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 82°W–34°W, 56°S–13°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.