MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Australian Indian Ocean Territories

ONE LAND · 2 ATLASES

Australian Indian Ocean Territories, on the map of history

What was Australian Indian Ocean Territories before it was Australian Indian Ocean Territories? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History collection — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.

Australian Indian Ocean Territories · The Great War, 1914–1918

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Australian Indian Ocean Territories · The Cold War, 1945–1991

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