7 ATLASES
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? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says 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’ revolution in 1979 ended a US client dynasty that had lasted forty years. Washington answered with the Contra war, mined harbors, and a scandal that reached the White House. Nicaragua became the era’s last full proxy battlefield. In 1990 voters removed the Sandinistas; for once, the Cold War in Latin America ended at a ballot box.
| 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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