Map of Africa in 1756
On 1 July 1756, IntMap’s historical map draws 90 names within Africa. The borders for this date 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 4 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 | 3,560,000 |
| Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena | 811,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 618,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 590,000 |
| Oromo | 570,000 |
| Nejd | 534,000 |
| Afsharid Empire | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Air | 416,000 |
| Segu | 412,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Luba | 353,000 |
| Hausa States | 350,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 340,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Kaarta | 286,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| Lunda | 276,000 |
| Zandiyeh | 203,000 |
| Zanzibar | 203,000 |
| Funj | 193,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 152,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Bagirmi | 130,000 |
| Awsa | 124,000 |
| Mossi States | 120,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 112,000 |
| Rift Valley States | 112,000 |
| Zulu | 110,000 |
| Rozwi | 106,000 |
| Darfur | 99,800 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Qasimids | 94,600 |
| Kong Empire | 92,700 |
| Ethiopia | 92,400 |
| Lozi | 81,000 |
| Dutch settlements | 77,000 |
| Oyo | 60,500 |
| Dutch Republic | 60,000 |
| Dutch Cape Colony | 57,600 |
| Sotho | 57,200 |
| Xhosa | 56,700 |
| Oyo Empire | 53,800 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Kingdom of Mutapa | 45,800 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Portuguese Empire | 40,500 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Asante | 30,000 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 24,300 |
| Bamana Empire | 23,500 |
| Wadai | 23,100 |
| Kingdom of Jolof | 20,500 |
| Kingdom of Dahomey | 20,400 |
| Bundu | 18,900 |
| Kingdom of Saloum | 17,200 |
| Shilluk Kingdom | 16,800 |
| Yemen | 15,800 |
| Africa | 15,100 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,300 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Congo | 14,000 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 9,630 |
| Kingdom of Baol | 8,170 |
| Danish Gold Coast | 6,910 |
| Dutch Gold Coast | 6,150 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 6,050 |
| Emirate of Diriyah | 5,610 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Dahomey | 4,180 |
| 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 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Cape Colony | 1,710 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Knights Hospitaller | 925 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
What changed since 1754–1755
Now drawn
Kingdom of Baol
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1756 Map of Europe · 1755–1761 Map of the Middle East · 1751–1760 Map of South Asia · 1756 Map of East Asia · 1756 Map of Southeast Asia · 1752–1756 Map of Central Asia · 1756–1760 Map of North America · 1752–1762 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1752–1758 Map of South America · 1752–1762 Map of Oceania · 1750–1762
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.