Map of Africa, 1708–1712
On 1 July of every year from 1708 to 1712, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 81 names within Africa. The borders come from OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. The map also draws 5 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 | 3,490,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 627,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 618,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 590,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Safavid Dynasty | 461,000 |
| Oromo | 416,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Hausa States | 350,000 |
| Luba | 345,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 340,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| Lunda | 263,000 |
| Ethiopia | 240,000 |
| Zanzibar | 203,000 |
| Mossi States | 168,000 |
| Oyo | 157,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Spain | 122,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 112,000 |
| Qasimids | 107,000 |
| Rozwi | 106,000 |
| Darfur | 99,800 |
| Tekrur | 62,300 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 60,500 |
| Cape Colony | 56,100 |
| Segu | 55,600 |
| Portuguese Empire | 53,800 |
| Kali | 53,600 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Kingdom of Mutapa | 45,800 |
| Oyo Empire | 43,800 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Asante | 36,300 |
| Egypt | 35,600 |
| Thovhela | 35,300 |
| Ashanti Empire | 33,200 |
| Air | 32,700 |
| Dutch Cape Colony | 28,900 |
| Republic of Venice | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Dutch Republic | 25,700 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Yarubid dynasty | 24,300 |
| Wadai | 23,100 |
| Arma | 22,100 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 20,700 |
| Kingdom of Jolof | 20,500 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Bundu | 18,900 |
| Netherlands | 18,700 |
| Awsa | 17,900 |
| Kingdom of Saloum | 17,200 |
| Shilluk Kingdom | 16,800 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,300 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Congo | 14,000 |
| Yemen | 12,500 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Kingdom of Baol | 8,170 |
| Delagoa Bay | 7,640 |
| Danish Gold Coast | 6,910 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 6,050 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Dutch Gold Coast | 4,240 |
| French Senegal | 4,040 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 2,180 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Knights Hospitaller | 925 |
| Monastic State of the Order of Malta | 925 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
| Kingdom of Spain | 92.7 |
| Spanish Empire | 92.7 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1702–1707
Now drawn
Zanzibar, Tekrur, Cape Colony, Segu, Kali, Asante, Egypt, Air, Arma, Netherlands, Yemen
No longer drawn
Hadramaut, Benin, Akan, Naples, Mahra
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1708 Map of Europe · 1708 Map of the Middle East · 1708–1712 Map of South Asia · 1708 Map of East Asia · 1707–1708 Map of Southeast Asia · 1708 Map of Central Asia · 1706–1708 Map of North America · 1708–1709 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1708–1709 Map of South America · 1708–1709 Map of Oceania · 1708–1709
Source and method
Borders and names: OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 + 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.