MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Northern Mariana Islands

ONE LAND · 3 ATLASES

Northern Mariana Islands, on the map of history

What was Northern Mariana Islands before it was Northern Mariana Islands? 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.

Northern Mariana Islands · The Great War, 1914–1918

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Northern Mariana Islands · The War Room — WW2, 1936–1945

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Northern Mariana Islands · The Cold War, 1945–1991

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