Map of Africa, 1776–1777
On 1 July of every year from 1776 to 1777, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 89 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 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 | 619,000 |
| 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 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| Zanzibar | 203,000 |
| Funj | 193,000 |
| Dutch Republic | 159,000 |
| Dutch Cape Colony | 157,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 151,000 |
| 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 Empire | 73,200 |
| Portuguese Empire | 69,600 |
| Emirate of Diriyah | 64,100 |
| Oyo | 60,500 |
| Sotho | 57,200 |
| Xhosa | 56,700 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Imamate of Futa Toro | 47,000 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| 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 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Dahomey | 4,180 |
| Senegambia Colony | 3,980 |
| 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 | 1,730 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Knights Hospitaller | 925 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
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What changed since 1769–1775
Now drawn
Imamate of Futa Toro
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1776 Map of Europe · 1775–1782 Map of the Middle East · 1762–1784 Map of South Asia · 1775–1780 Map of East Asia · 1775–1779 Map of Southeast Asia · 1775–1776 Map of Central Asia · 1762–1784 Map of North America · 1776 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1776 Map of South America · 1776 Map of Oceania · 1767–1780
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.