- Borders are heavily simplified due to their complicated nature in the 19th century. Most of the countries in South America had one or more border disputes / unclear borders with each other that wouldn't be solved or even properly drawn until way later (e.g. the modern Peru-Brazil border wasn't officially set in stone until 1909).
- Nations bordered in blue indicate the Argentine Confederation, which was heavily decentralised due to the collapse of central authority several years prior.
The then prosperous city of Saint-Pierre, then also capital of Martinique, was completely destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1902. There were 2 survivors.
Good quiz, only suggestion is personal preference, which is that I think it'd be slightly better if Philadelphia and the nearby cities were on the zoomed out map as well as the zoomed in portion.
- Borders are heavily simplified due to their complicated nature in the 19th century. Most of the countries in South America had one or more border disputes / unclear borders with each other that wouldn't be solved or even properly drawn until way later (e.g. the modern Peru-Brazil border wasn't officially set in stone until 1909).
- Nations bordered in blue indicate the Argentine Confederation, which was heavily decentralised due to the collapse of central authority several years prior.
- This is a map of AFTER the Mexican Cession.