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

17 cases matching North America. 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
Alaskan independence advocacy Historical independence North America
Alberta independence Independence movements North America
Bermuda political status Political status and decolonisation North America
California independence advocacy Independence movements North America
Greenland Independence movements Arctic, North America
Haudenosaunee sovereignty Autonomy and Indigenous self-government North America
Hawaiian sovereignty Independence movements North America
Lakota sovereignty projects Historical independence North America
Mexico Historical independence North America
New England independence proposals Independence movements North America
Newfoundland political-status movements Historical independence North America
Nunavut and Inuit self-government Autonomy and Indigenous self-government North America
Quebec Independence movements North America
Texas independence advocacy Independence movements North America
United States Historical independence North America
Western Canadian separatism Historical independence North America