Map of Africa in 1650
For 1650, 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: 52 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 | 3,390,000 |
| Morocco | 980,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 628,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 590,000 |
| Safavid Dynasty | 461,000 |
| Madagascar | 431,000 |
| Oromo | 416,000 |
| Saadi Sultanate | 385,000 |
| Luba | 353,000 |
| Hausa States | 350,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 340,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| Lunda | 276,000 |
| Qasimids | 214,000 |
| Expansionist Kingdom of Merina | 149,000 |
| Mali | 133,000 |
| Kingdom of Kongo | 132,000 |
| Spanish Empire | 119,000 |
| Hadramaut | 115,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 112,000 |
| Darfur | 99,800 |
| Kingdom of Spain | 95,100 |
| Akan | 94,400 |
| Mossi States | 93,900 |
| Oyo | 93,800 |
| Benin | 90,100 |
| Portuguese Empire | 87,700 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 60,500 |
| Ethiopia | 46,800 |
| Mahra | 29,200 |
| Wadai | 23,100 |
| Awsa | 17,900 |
| Senegal | 16,200 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,600 |
| Dutch Republic | 14,400 |
| Congo | 13,900 |
| Delagoa Bay | 7,640 |
| Oyo Empire | 6,060 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 6,050 |
| Spain | 3,320 |
| Republic of Venice | 2,460 |
| Sicily | 2,340 |
| Kingdom of France | 1,750 |
| New France | 1,750 |
| English Colonial Empire | 1,620 |
| Kingdom of England | 1,580 |
| Guanches | 268 |
| Portugal | 250 |
| Naples | 230 |
| Safavid Empire | 49.8 |
| Algiers | 4.06 |
What changed since 1600
Now drawn
Morocco, Sultanate of Darfur, Wadai Empire, Qasimids, Mali, Kingdom of Spain, Portuguese Empire, Portuguese East Africa, Wadai, Awsa, Kingdom of Portugal, Dutch Republic, Delagoa Bay, Oyo Empire, Portuguese Guinea, Kingdom of France, New France, English Colonial Empire, Kingdom of England, Algiers
No longer drawn
Islamic city-states, Mwenemutapa, Mali Empire, Iberian Union, Bagirmi, Songhai Empire
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1650 Map of Europe · 1650 Map of the Middle East · 1650 Map of South Asia · 1650 Map of East Asia · 1650 Map of Southeast Asia · 1650 Map of Central Asia · 1650 Map of North America · 1650 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1650 Map of South America · 1650 Map of Oceania · 1650
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.