Atlas

Each point is a locator for a published case’s geographical context — not a border, capital or claim. Everything on the map is also in the list below, which works without the map.

Historical period

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  • Independence movements
  • Political status and decolonisation
  • Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
  • Historical independence
  • Unification and territorial transfer
  • Group of nearby locators — select to zoom

Shapes and colours never indicate legitimacy; collections are also named in the list.

Map data and boundary policy

Basemap: Natural Earth 4.1.0 land polygons (world-atlas@2.0.2), Public domain (Natural Earth terms of use). Land polygons only. No political boundaries are drawn by the basemap. Case boundaries appear only from approved, sourced geometry records, each labelled with its layer type, dates and provenance. Map policy.

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Cases on the map

76 cases matching Historical independence. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Acadian political-status movements Autonomy and Indigenous self-government North America
Aceh Historical independence East Asia
Alaskan independence advocacy Historical independence North America
Algeria Historical independence North Africa
Angola Historical independence Central Africa
Anguilla political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Anjouan separatist episodes Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Aruba political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Bakassi political-status claims Independence movements West Africa
Bangladesh Historical independence South Asia
Bermuda political status Political status and decolonisation North America
Biafra Historical independence West Africa
Brazil Historical independence Latin America
Cape Verde Historical independence West Africa
Casamance Historical independence West Africa
Comoros Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Cuba Historical independence Caribbean
Cyprus Historical independence Europe
Democratic Republic of the Congo Historical independence Central Africa
Djibouti Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Eritrea Historical independence East Africa and the Horn
Espiritu Santo separatist episode Historical independence Oceania and the Pacific
Estonia Historical independence Europe
Finland Historical independence Europe
Ghana Historical independence West Africa
Guinea-Bissau Historical independence West Africa
Guyana Historical independence Latin America
Haiti Historical independence Caribbean
India Historical independence South Asia
Indonesia Historical independence Southeast Asia