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Spain

polity · 1530 AD–present

Spain, a polity recorded 1530 AD–present: 10 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.

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Recorded boundaries

PeriodControlConfidenceEvidenceNotes
1530 AD–1599 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1530 ADReligion: catholic.
1600 AD–1649 ADadministrative controllow confidenceobserved at 1600 ADReligion: catholic.
1650 AD–1699 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1650 ADReligion: catholic.
1700 AD–1782 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1700 ADReligion: catholic.
1783 AD–1814 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1783 ADReligion: catholic.
1815 AD–1879 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1815 ADReligion: catholic.
1880 AD–1913 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1880 ADReligion: catholic.
1914 AD–1919 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1914 ADReligion: catholic.
1920 AD–1937 ADadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1920 ADReligion: catholic.
1938 AD–presentadministrative controlhigh confidenceobserved at 1938 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