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Philippines

polity · 1492 AD–present

Philippines, a polity recorded 1492 AD–present: 4 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1492 AD–1529 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1492 AD—
1650 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 AD—
1938 AD–1944 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 ADSubject to United States.
1945 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1945 ADReligion: catholic.

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.

Sources