Map of Africa in 1600
For 1600, 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: 38 names within Africa. The map also draws 11 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 | 3,850,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 632,000 |
| Saadi Sultanate | 579,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 526,000 |
| Madagascar | 431,000 |
| Luba | 353,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 341,000 |
| Oromo | 327,000 |
| Senegal | 326,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 322,000 |
| Lunda | 276,000 |
| Darfur | 266,000 |
| Hausa States | 258,000 |
| Islamic city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 238,000 |
| Safavid Dynasty | 225,000 |
| Spanish Empire | 207,000 |
| Mwenemutapa | 201,000 |
| Expansionist Kingdom of Merina | 149,000 |
| Kingdom of Kongo | 132,000 |
| Mali Empire | 129,000 |
| Hadramaut | 115,000 |
| Iberian Union | 111,000 |
| Mossi States | 110,000 |
| Benin | 90,100 |
| Ethiopia | 88,400 |
| Bagirmi | 68,100 |
| Akan | 61,900 |
| Oyo | 58,400 |
| Mahra | 29,200 |
| Congo | 13,900 |
| Republic of Venice | 7,240 |
| Spain | 3,090 |
| Sicily | 2,340 |
| Guanches | 268 |
| Naples | 230 |
| Songhai Empire | 224 |
| Portugal | 156 |
| Safavid Empire | 14.3 |
What changed since 1530
Now drawn
Saadi Sultanate, Iberian Union
No longer drawn
Songhai, Wattasid dynasty, Adal, Hafsid Dynasty, Adal Sultanate, Zayyanid dynasty, Kingdom of Spain, Portuguese Empire, Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese Africa, Watassid Morocco
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1600 Map of Europe · 1600 Map of the Middle East · 1600 Map of South Asia · 1600 Map of East Asia · 1600 Map of Southeast Asia · 1600 Map of Central Asia · 1600 Map of North America · 1600 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1600 Map of South America · 1600 Map of Oceania · 1600
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.