Map of Africa, 1740–1743
On 1 July of every year from 1740 to 1743, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 82 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 | 3,520,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 627,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 618,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 590,000 |
| Afsharid Empire | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| 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 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 112,000 |
| Rozwi | 106,000 |
| Darfur | 99,800 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Qasimids | 94,600 |
| Ashanti Empire | 73,200 |
| Tekrur | 62,300 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 60,500 |
| Dutch Republic | 60,000 |
| Dutch Cape Colony | 57,600 |
| Cape Colony | 56,100 |
| Segu | 55,600 |
| Portuguese Empire | 53,800 |
| Kali | 53,600 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Oyo Empire | 49,200 |
| Kingdom of Mutapa | 45,800 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Asante | 36,300 |
| Egypt | 35,600 |
| Thovhela | 35,300 |
| Air | 32,700 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Yarubid dynasty | 24,300 |
| Bamana Empire | 23,500 |
| Wadai | 23,100 |
| Arma | 22,100 |
| 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 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 9,630 |
| Kingdom of Baol | 8,170 |
| Delagoa Bay | 7,640 |
| Danish Gold Coast | 6,910 |
| Dutch Gold Coast | 6,120 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 6,050 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| 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 |
| Republic of Venice | 2,140 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Knights Hospitaller | 925 |
| Monastic State of the Order of Malta | 925 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1736–1739
Now drawn
Sultanate of Lahej
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1740 Map of Europe · 1738–1743 Map of the Middle East · 1740 Map of South Asia · 1739–1740 Map of East Asia · 1739–1740 Map of Southeast Asia · 1739–1740 Map of Central Asia · 1738–1740 Map of North America · 1739–1741 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1740–1741 Map of South America · 1739–1745 Map of Oceania · 1739–1741
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.