Map of South America in 1821
On 1 July 1821, IntMap’s historical map draws 25 names within South America. 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) |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of Brazil | 5,150,000 |
| United Provinces of the Río de la Plata | 3,590,000 |
| Viceroyalty of New Granada | 3,000,000 |
| State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro | 2,920,000 |
| Viceroyalty of Peru (1820-1821) | 2,060,000 |
| Paraguay | 690,000 |
| Tucumán | 267,000 |
| Chile | 258,000 |
| Republic of Entre Ríos | 168,000 |
| Suriname | 148,000 |
| Colony of French Guiana | 86,600 |
| Free Province of Guayaquil | 60,600 |
| Colony of Berbice | 46,500 |
| Colony of Demerara-Essequibo | 26,600 |
| Río de la Plata | 25,000 |
| Governorate of Chiloe | 15,100 |
| Spanish Empire | 12,300 |
| Republic of Chile | 8,290 |
| Colony of 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 |
| Colony of Tobago | 1,020 |
| Colony of Barbados | <1 |
What changed since 1820
Now drawn
Viceroyalty of Peru (1820-1821), Tucumán, Free Province of Guayaquil, Spanish Empire, Republic of Chile
No longer drawn
Viceroyalty of Peru (1817-1820)
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1821 Map of Europe · 1820–1826 Map of the Middle East · 1820–1821 Map of Africa · 1821 Map of South Asia · 1820–1821 Map of East Asia · 1820–1821 Map of Southeast Asia · 1820–1821 Map of Central Asia · 1820–1821 Map of North America · 1821 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1821 Map of Oceania · 1819–1821
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.