Map of Africa in 1795

On 1 July 1795, IntMap’s historical map draws 93 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.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Ottoman Empire3,540,000
Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena811,000
Kingdom of Imerina626,000
Funj Sultanate619,000
Oromo570,000
Emirate of Diriyah554,000
Qajar Iran469,000
Afsharid Empire469,000
Regency of Algiers462,000
Air416,000
Segu401,000
Alawi Sultanate392,000
Nejd362,000
Luba353,000
Hausa States350,000
Bornu Empire340,000
Sultanate of Darfur296,000
Kaarta286,000
Wadai Empire281,000
Dutch Cape Colony279,000
Dutch Republic279,000
Lunda276,000
Ethiopian Empire241,000
Zanzibar203,000
Funj193,000
Ashanti Empire151,000
Morocco146,000
Bagirmi130,000
Awsa124,000
Mossi States120,000
Majeerteen Sultanate115,000
Kingdom of Lunda113,000
Bornu-Kanem112,000
Rift Valley States112,000
Zulu110,000
Rozwi106,000
Darfur99,800
Spain96,800
Qasimids94,600
Kong Empire92,700
Ethiopia92,400
Lozi81,000
Oyo Empire73,200
Portuguese Empire63,600
Oyo60,500
Sotho57,200
Rozvi52,600
Imamate of Futa Toro47,000
Xhosa43,000
Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra42,700
Kingdom of Rwanda40,000
Asante28,400
Kingdom of Burundi26,900
Kingdom of Sicily25,500
Sultanate of Oman24,300
Bamana Empire23,500
Wadai23,100
Kingdom of Jolof20,500
Kingdom of Dahomey20,400
Bundu18,900
Kingdom of Saloum17,200
Shilluk Kingdom16,800
Yemen15,800
Africa15,100
Kingdom of Portugal14,300
Kingdom of Cayor14,100
Congo14,000
Kingdom of Niani11,700
Dutch settlements10,900
Sultanate of Lahej9,630
Dutch Gold Coast9,120
Kingdom of Baol8,170
Danish Gold Coast6,910
Kingdom of Kakongo6,050
Spanish Empire5,980
Spanish Possessions on the Gulf of Guinea5,750
Kingdom of Waalo5,570
Kingdom of Wuli5,410
Dahomey4,180
Kingdom of Ngoyo3,920
Freetown Colony3,470
British Empire3,440
Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe2,560
Kingdom of Sine2,320
Sultanate of Ndzuwani2,180
Republic of Venice2,140
Haushabi Sultanate1,860
Sultanate of Maore1,620
Walvis Bay Colony1,610
Knights Hospitaller925
Cape Colony625
Kingdom of Naples590
Saint Helena Colony508

What changed since 1792–1794

Now drawn

Walvis Bay Colony

No longer drawn

none

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1795 Map of Europe · 1795 Map of the Middle East · 1792–1795 Map of South Asia · 1793–1795 Map of East Asia · 1795–1796 Map of Southeast Asia · 1795 Map of Central Asia · 1789–1796 Map of North America · 1795–1798 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1795 Map of South America · 1793–1795 Map of Oceania · 1795

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.

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