Map of Africa, 1804–1805
On 1 July of every year from 1804 to 1805, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 92 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 | 3,480,000 |
| Emirate of Diriyah | 1,240,000 |
| Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena | 811,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 619,000 |
| Oromo | 570,000 |
| Qajar Iran | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Air | 416,000 |
| Segu | 401,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 387,000 |
| Nejd | 362,000 |
| Luba | 353,000 |
| Hausa States | 350,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 311,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Kaarta | 286,000 |
| British Cape Colony | 282,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| Napoleonic Batavia Republic | 279,000 |
| Lunda | 276,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| Zanzibar | 203,000 |
| Funj | 193,000 |
| 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 |
| Bamana Empire | 105,000 |
| Darfur | 99,800 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Kong Empire | 92,700 |
| Ethiopia | 92,400 |
| Lozi | 81,000 |
| Oyo Empire | 70,100 |
| Oyo | 60,500 |
| Sotho | 57,200 |
| Portuguese Empire | 53,800 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Imamate of Futa Toro | 47,000 |
| Xhosa | 43,000 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 41,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Asante | 28,400 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 24,300 |
| 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 |
| Dutch settlements | 10,900 |
| Sultanate of Lahej | 9,630 |
| Dutch Gold Coast | 9,120 |
| Kingdom of Baol | 8,170 |
| Danish Gold Coast | 6,910 |
| Kingdom of Kakongo | 6,050 |
| Spanish Empire | 5,980 |
| Spanish Possessions on the Gulf of Guinea | 5,750 |
| Kingdom of Waalo | 5,570 |
| Kingdom of Wuli | 5,410 |
| Dahomey | 4,180 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| British Empire | 3,440 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 2,180 |
| Septinsular Republic | 1,870 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| British Protectorate of Malta | 925 |
| Cape Colony | 625 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1803
Now drawn
Sokoto Caliphate
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1804 Map of Europe · 1804 Map of the Middle East · 1803–1807 Map of South Asia · 1803–1804 Map of East Asia · 1804 Map of Southeast Asia · 1804–1806 Map of Central Asia · 1802–1805 Map of North America · 1804 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1804–1805 Map of South America · 1804–1809 Map of Oceania · 1804–1806
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.