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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Legend

  • 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

14 cases matching Caribbean. The map shows the same set.

Cases shown on the atlas, with collection, region and locator description
CaseCollectionRegionMap
Anguilla political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Aruba political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
British Virgin Islands political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Cayman Islands political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Cuba Historical independence Caribbean
Curaçao political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Guadeloupe independence Independence movements Caribbean
Haiti Historical independence Caribbean
Jamaica Historical independence Caribbean
Martinique independence Independence movements Caribbean
Montserrat political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Nevis political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Puerto Rico political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean
Turks and Caicos political status Political status and decolonisation Caribbean