Map of Africa in 1530
For 1530, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 47 names within Africa. The map also draws 6 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Empire | 2,800,000 |
| Safavid Dynasty | 854,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 632,000 |
| Songhai Empire | 631,000 |
| Madagascar | 431,000 |
| Songhai | 405,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 383,000 |
| Wattasid dynasty | 381,000 |
| Mali Empire | 348,000 |
| Luba | 339,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 328,000 |
| Oromo | 328,000 |
| Lunda | 276,000 |
| Darfur | 266,000 |
| Hausa States | 258,000 |
| Islamic city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 241,000 |
| Adal | 230,000 |
| Hafsid Dynasty | 224,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 202,000 |
| Mwenemutapa | 201,000 |
| Adal Sultanate | 161,000 |
| Expansionist Kingdom of Merina | 149,000 |
| Ethiopia | 142,000 |
| Kingdom of Kongo | 132,000 |
| Zayyanid dynasty | 125,000 |
| Spanish Empire | 123,000 |
| Hadramaut | 115,000 |
| Mossi States | 110,000 |
| Senegal | 98,800 |
| Kingdom of Spain | 95,500 |
| Benin | 90,100 |
| Portuguese Empire | 83,000 |
| Bagirmi | 76,500 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 60,000 |
| Oyo | 58,400 |
| Akan | 54,500 |
| Mahra | 29,200 |
| Portuguese Africa | 23,700 |
| Republic of Venice | 19,900 |
| Watassid Morocco | 17,600 |
| Congo | 13,900 |
| Spain | 3,380 |
| Sicily | 2,340 |
| Guanches | 268 |
| Naples | 230 |
| Portugal | 156 |
| Safavid Empire | 14.3 |
What changed since 1500
Now drawn
Safavid Dynasty, Funj Sultanate, Luba, Oromo, Lunda, Darfur, Spanish Empire, Senegal, Kingdom of Spain, Portuguese Empire, Bagirmi, Mahra, Portuguese Africa, Watassid Morocco, Spain, Sicily, Naples, Safavid Empire
No longer drawn
Bantou, West African cereal farmers, Khoiasan, Mamluk Sultanate, Arabs, Aq Qoyunlu, Tahirid Sultanate, Mamluke Sultanate, Mali, Makuria Kingdom, Zayyanid Caliphate, Funj, Alodia, Hafsid Caliphate, Crown of Castile, Emirate of the White Sheep Turks, Bahrani Dynasty, Ramadanid Emirate, Crown of Aragon, Ndongo, Beylik of Dulkadir, Wattasid Caliphate, Muscat, Castille, Aragón, Republic of Genoa, Yemen, Kingdom of Naples, Cyprus
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1530 Map of Europe · 1530 Map of the Middle East · 1530 Map of South Asia · 1530 Map of East Asia · 1530 Map of Southeast Asia · 1530 Map of Central Asia · 1530 Map of North America · 1530 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1530 Map of South America · 1530 Map of Oceania · 1530
Source and method
Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 20°W–52°E, 36°S–38°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.