Map of Africa, 1808–1810
On 1 July of every year from 1808 to 1810, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 87 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 3 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 | 3,300,000 |
| Emirate of Diriyah | 1,590,000 |
| Captaincy-General of Mozambique, Sofala and Rivers of Sena | 811,000 |
| Kingdom of Imerina | 626,000 |
| Funj Sultanate | 619,000 |
| Sokoto Caliphate | 567,000 |
| Qajar Iran | 469,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 462,000 |
| Kaarta | 450,000 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 392,000 |
| Nejd | 380,000 |
| Fulani Empire | 351,000 |
| Lozi | 327,000 |
| Bornu Empire | 311,000 |
| Sultanate of Darfur | 296,000 |
| Wadai Empire | 281,000 |
| British Cape Colony | 280,000 |
| British Empire | 279,000 |
| Mossi States | 260,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 241,000 |
| Somalia | 226,000 |
| Burundi | 199,000 |
| Rwanda | 190,000 |
| Bunyoro | 162,000 |
| Ashanti Empire | 151,000 |
| Morocco | 146,000 |
| Zanzibar | 122,000 |
| Majeerteen Sultanate | 115,000 |
| Kingdom of Lunda | 113,000 |
| Zulu | 110,000 |
| Bamana Empire | 105,000 |
| Buganda | 98,400 |
| Spain | 96,800 |
| Kazembe | 81,500 |
| Colony of Sierra Leone | 76,500 |
| Oyo Empire | 70,100 |
| Asante | 61,200 |
| Nkore | 61,200 |
| Portuguese Empire | 53,800 |
| Angola | 53,200 |
| Lunda | 53,000 |
| Rozvi | 52,600 |
| Ethiopia | 52,400 |
| Imamate of Futa Toro | 47,000 |
| Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra | 42,700 |
| Sotho | 42,000 |
| Portuguese Guinea | 41,700 |
| Kingdom of Rwanda | 40,000 |
| Egypt | 35,600 |
| Kingdom of Burundi | 26,900 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 25,500 |
| Sultanate of Oman | 24,300 |
| Oyo | 23,700 |
| 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 |
| Xhosa | 15,300 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 14,300 |
| Kingdom of Cayor | 14,100 |
| Imbangala | 12,300 |
| Kingdom of Niani | 11,700 |
| 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 |
| Portuguese East Africa | 4,710 |
| Kingdom of Ngoyo | 3,920 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 3,490 |
| Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe | 2,560 |
| Kingdom of Sine | 2,320 |
| Sultanate of Ndzuwani | 2,180 |
| Haushabi Sultanate | 1,860 |
| Sultanate of Maore | 1,620 |
| Congo | 1,610 |
| Walvis Bay Colony | 1,610 |
| Septinsular Republic | 1,290 |
| British Protectorate of Malta | 925 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 590 |
| Saint Helena Colony | 508 |
Open the map on 1 July of
What changed since 1806–1807
Now drawn
Fulani Empire, Somalia, Burundi, Rwanda, Bunyoro, Buganda, Kazembe, Colony of Sierra Leone, Nkore, Angola, Egypt, Imbangala, Portuguese East Africa
No longer drawn
Oromo, Air, Segu, Luba, Hausa States, Funj, Bagirmi, Awsa, Rift Valley States, Rozwi, Darfur, Kong Empire, Wadai, Africa, Dutch settlements, Dahomey, Cape Colony
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1808 Map of Europe · 1808 Map of the Middle East · 1808–1813 Map of South Asia · 1808–1810 Map of East Asia · 1808–1809 Map of Southeast Asia · 1808–1809 Map of Central Asia · 1808–1813 Map of North America · 1808–1809 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1808–1809 Map of South America · 1804–1809 Map of Oceania · 1808–1809
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.