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History of Nicaragua in maps
Nicaragua as it appears in 7 interactive history atlases, from 1750 to 2015: Nicaragua. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Nicaragua before it was Nicaragua? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History atlases — 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.
Nicaragua · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Agrarian economy |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Nicaragua · Age of Revolutions
| Colonial possessions — the opening position | |
| Republics & revolutionary states |
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Nicaragua · Haiti and Kenya independence
| Under colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Other states and societies |
HAITI AND KENYA INDEPENDENCE: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Nicaragua · American Civil War
| Neighbors & the outside world — the opening position |
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Nicaragua · WWI
| The Entente & Allies — the opening position | |
| The Entente & Allies |
Nicaragua · Cold War
The Sandinistas’ 1979 revolution ended a forty-year US client dynasty; Washington’s answer — the Contra war, mined harbors, and a scandal that reached the White House — made this small country the last full proxy battlefield of the era. It voted the Sandinistas out in 1990, and the Cold War in Latin America ended at a ballot box, for once.
| US-aligned states — the opening position | |
| Soviet-aligned states | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Nicaragua · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Refused: women excluded; ERA never ratified — the opening position | |
| Right won in law | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Right won in law |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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