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Belize

polity · 1650 AD–present

Belize, a polity recorded 1650 AD–present: 5 mapped boundaries, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1650 AD–1699 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 AD—
1700 AD–1714 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1700 AD—
1715 AD–1782 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1715 ADSubject to United Kingdom.
1880 AD–1913 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1880 AD—
1914 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1914 AD—

Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.

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