Atlas of colonialism

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Colonialism
Atlas of colonialism


Maps of colonialism

World 1898 empires colonies territory.png Colonies in 1898
World 1920 empires colonies territory.png Colonies in 1920
World 1936 empires colonies territory.png Colonies in 1936
Colonization 1945.png Colonies in 1945
Acceso a la independencia.png Dates of independance

Colonies by country

Belgium

Belgian colonial empire.png Belgian empire XIX-XX centuries
Mapcongo1914.jpg Belgian Congo in 1914
Mapcongo1914-2.jpg Belgian Congo in 1914

United Kingdom

BritishEmpire1921.png The British Empire in 1921
The Portuguese Empire.png British territories since the 16th century
Canada provinces evolution.gif Evolution of Canada
Boundary lines of British Guiana 1896.jpg British Guiana in 1896
Australian states history.gif British colonization in Australia
SouthAfrica1885.jpg British possessions in the south of Africa, end of the 19th century
Gold Coast Map 1896.jpg the Gold coast in 1896 (Ghana)
EthiopiaRAND1908.jpg British territories in Eastern Africa 1908
Map Iran 1900-en.png British influence in Iran begining of the 20th century
European settlements in India 1501-1739.png British settlements in India 17-18th centuries
British india.png British India in 1860
Partition of India.PNG Partition of British India in 1947
File:India-partition.gif Partition of British India in1947
PalestineAndTransjordan.png British mandate of Palestine 1920-1947

France

France colonial Empire10.png First and second french colonial empires. (Light blue Ist empire, dark blue IId empire)
Samuel de Champlain Carte geographique de la Nouvelle France.jpg The "Nouvelle France" in the 17 and 18 th centuries
Claude Bernou Carte de lAmerique septentrionale.jpg Northern America in the 18th century
European settlements in India 1501-1739.png French settlements in India 17-18th centuries
French India 1741-1754.png French India 1741-1754
French west africa countries.PNG French Western Africa
French Equatorial Africa.PNG French Equatorial Africa
Thailand.gif Part of the French Indochina (Cambodia and Laos)
EthiopiaRAND1908.jpg French Somaliland in 1908
Togo FalkOberdorf.jpg Partition of Togo after World War One
Marrocoprotectorate.png Morocco in 1912, divided between France and Spain

Germany

Deutsche Kolonien.PNG German colonial empire before 1918
Karte von Camerun.jpg German Cameroon before World War One
Deutsch-Sudwestafrika.png German South West Africa in 1904, actually Namibia
Togo FalkOberdorf.jpg Partition of Togo after World War One
Togo1885.jpg Togo in 1885
Togo Deutsches Koloniallexikon, Verlag von Quelle & Meyer Leipzig.jpg Togo in 1915
Karte Deutsch-Ostafrika.PNG German Eastern Africa before 1918

Italy

Italian empire 1940.PNG Italian empire 1940
EthiopiaRAND1908.jpg Italian Eritrea in 1908

Japan

Location Japanese Empire.png
Japanese Empire2.png Expansion of Japan 20th century

The Netherlands

Dutch Empire35.PNG The Netherlands colonies (in dark green lands controlled by the w:Dutch West India Company, light green by the w:Dutch East India Company
European settlements in India 1501-1739.png Dutch settlements in India 17-18th centuries

Portugal

Portuguese Empire map.jpg Empire at João III reign
Portugal Empire.jpg Portuguese colonial possessions in the XVI century
Portugal XVIII.png Portuguese territory in the XVIII century
Philip II's realms in 1598.png Portuguese posessions during the Spanish rule (158-1640)(in blue)
European settlements in India 1501-1739.png Portuguese possessions in India 16-18 th centuries
Brazil states1789.png Brazilian administrative division as of 1789
Portugal 1916-1974.png Portuguese Empire 1916-1974
Portuguese colonial war map1.PNG Portuguese colonies in Africa by the time of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961-1974)
The Portuguese Empire.png Anachronous map of the Portuguese Empire (1415-1999)

Russia

Russia Empire 1800-1900.PNG The russian empire
Kievska rus 9th century.png Kievan rus in 9th century
Kievska rus 11th century.png Kievan rus in 11 th century
File:1533-1896.jpg.gif Russian expansion 1533-1894
Karte polnischeteilungen4.jpg Russian annexions in Poland 18th century (all tones of grey)
Map Iran 1900-en.png The russian influence in Iran ,beginning of the 20th century
Finnish areas ceded in 1940.png Finnish territories ceded to Soviet Union in 1940
Finnish areas ceded in 1944.png Finnish territories ceded to Soviet Union in 1944

Spain

Spanish Empire Anachronous 0.PNG The Spanish colonial empire
Theviceroyaltyofperu.png The Vice-Royalty of Peru
Morocco-spanish-protectorate-1955-a.svg Spanish Morocco in 1955

United States

GreaterAmericaMap.jpg Overseas territories of th United Sates in the end of the 19th century

Notes and references

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  • For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
  • The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
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Countries with undisputed status
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Countries with disputed status
Abkhazia · China (Republic)/Taiwan · Kosovo · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · Somaliland · South Ossetia · Tamil Eelam · Transnistria · Western Sahara

Dependencies and other overseas territories
Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · American Samoa · Anguilla · Aruba · Ascension Island · Ashmore and Cartier Islands · Baker Island · Bermuda · Bouvet Island · British Indian Ocean Territory · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Christmas Island · Clipperton Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Cook Islands · Coral Sea Islands · Faroe Islands · French Guiana · French Polynesia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Gibraltar · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Guam · Guantanamo Bay · Guernsey · Heard Island and McDonald Islands · Hong Kong · Howland Island · Isle of Man · Jan Mayen · Jarvis Island · Jersey · Johnston Atoll · Kingman Reef · Macau · Martinique · Mayotte · Midway Atoll · Montserrat · Navassa Island · Netherlands Antilles · New Caledonia · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Mariana Islands · Palmyra Atoll · Pitcairn Islands · Puerto Rico · Réunion · Saint Helena · Saint-Barthélemy · Saint Martin (France) · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon · Svalbard · Tokelau · Tristan da Cunha · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands · Wake Island · Wallis and Futuna

Disputed areas
Kashmir · Paracel Islands · Spratly Islands · Falkland Islands · South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Subnational autonomous entities
Aceh · Adjara · Adygea · Altai · Andalusia · Aosta Valley · Aragon · Athos · Azores · Balearic Islands · Bashkortostan · Basque Autonomous Community · Bougainville · Brussels · Buryatia · Canary Islands · Catalonia · Chechnya · Chuvashia · Corsica · Crimea · Curaçao · Dagestan · Easter Island · England · Extremadura · Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation of) · Flanders · Friuli-Venezia Giulia · Gagauzia · Galicia · Galápagos Islands · Gorno-Badakhshan · Guangxi · Ingushetia · Inner Mongolia · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Karakalpakstan · Karelia · Khakassia · Komi · Kurdistan (Iraqi) · Madeira · Mari El · Mindanao · Mordovia · Nakhichevan · Navarre · Nevis · Ningxia · North Ossetia-Alania · Northern Ireland · Quebec · Saint Martin (Netherlands) · Sakha · Sardinia · Scotland · Sicily · Srpska · Tatarstan · Tibet · Trentino-Alto Adige · Tuva · Udmurtia · Vojvodina · Wales · Wallonia · Xinjiang · Zanzibar

Other regions
Basque Country · Burzenland · Kurdistan · Sápmi

Former countries
Austria-Hungary · Byzantine Empire · Caliphate · Czechoslovakia · Frankish Empire · Inca Empire · Macedonian Empire · Prussia · Roman Empire · Soviet Union · Yugoslavia

Themes
Administrative divisions · International organizations · Languages · Religions

Old atlas
Stielers Handatlas 1891