Map of South America in 1861
On 1 July 1861, IntMap’s historical map draws 22 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) |
|---|---|
| Empire of Brazil | 7,890,000 |
| Bolivia | 1,970,000 |
| Argentine Confederation | 1,840,000 |
| Granadine Confederation | 1,300,000 |
| State of Venezuela | 1,100,000 |
| Peru | 1,090,000 |
| Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia | 869,000 |
| Paraguay | 690,000 |
| Ecuador | 659,000 |
| Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 585,000 |
| State of Buenos Aires | 318,000 |
| Chile | 305,000 |
| Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 226,000 |
| Uruguay | 182,000 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 151,000 |
| Colony of French Guiana | 86,600 |
| British Guiana | 73,100 |
| Mapuche | 9,010 |
| Colony of Trinidad | 7,680 |
| British Colonial Empire | 5,690 |
| British Empire | 5,460 |
| British Windward Islands | 3,530 |
What changed since 1858–1860
Now drawn
Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1861 Map of Europe · 1861–1863 Map of the Middle East · 1859–1861 Map of Africa · 1861 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 · 1861–1862 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1861 Map of Oceania · 1860–1863
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.