MAPS OF HISTORY · HISTORY OF · Trinidad and Tobago
ONE LAND · 3 ATLASES
Trinidad and Tobago, on the map of history
What was Trinidad and Tobago before it was Trinidad and Tobago? 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.
Trinidad and Tobago · The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848
| APR 1775 | Colonial possessions — the opening position |
| JAN 1804 | Britain & its empire |
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Trinidad and Tobago · The Great War, 1914–1918
| NOV 1914 | Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Trinidad and Tobago · The Cold War, 1945–1991
| AUG 1945 | NATO & core Western allies — the opening position |
| OCT 1962 | Non-aligned & neutral |
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