Map of East Asia in 1492

For 1492, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 55 names within East Asia. The map also draws 17 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)
Mongol Khanate4,410,000
Ming Dynasty4,340,000
Tibet1,780,000
Chagatai Khanate1,330,000
Moghulistan1,080,000
Kazakh Khanate630,000
Sultanate of Bengal333,000
Delhi Sultanate332,000
Lodi Dynasty332,000
Warring States Japan322,000
Sultanate of Delhi308,000
Eastern Chagatai Khanate294,000
Shan States274,000
Joseon233,000
Khanate of Sibir219,000
Rajastan212,000
Lan Xang188,000
Ava Kingdom173,000
Berar167,000
Kashmiri Sultanate152,000
Bengal148,000
Burmese kingdoms139,000
Gondwana130,000
Lê Dynasty114,000
Nepal94,500
Oirat Confederation92,500
Ahmadnagar83,100
Berar Sultanate80,300
Kingdom of Mrauk U79,900
Japan79,200
Ainus75,100
Ahmadnagar Sultanate72,800
Orissa61,700
Bidar Sultanate53,300
Lan Na Kingdom52,600
White Horde39,700
Gujarat37,100
Taiwan36,300
Ayutthaya Kingdom25,200
Arakan24,000
Bijapur Sultanate23,000
Punjab21,600
Prome Kingdom15,400
Vijayanagara Empire9,690
Timurid Empire9,380
Philippines8,090
Ming Empire7,850
Siberians3,140
Ryukyu Kingdom2,200
Korea1,730
Ashikaga Shogunate980
Pegu908
Kathmandu664
Ayutthaya148
Hanthawaddy Kingdom101

What changed since 1400

Now drawn

Mongol Khanate, Moghulistan, Kazakh Khanate, Lodi Dynasty, Warring States Japan, Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Khanate of Sibir, Rajastan, Berar, Bengal, Burmese kingdoms, Gondwana, Lê Dynasty, Nepal, Oirat Confederation, Ahmadnagar, Berar Sultanate, Kingdom of Mrauk U, Japan, Ahmadnagar Sultanate, Bidar Sultanate, Gujarat, Taiwan, Ayutthaya Kingdom, Arakan, Bijapur Sultanate, Punjab, Prome Kingdom, Vijayanagara Empire, Philippines, Ming Empire, Ryukyu Kingdom, Korea, Pegu, Ayutthaya

No longer drawn

Northern Yuan, Great Khanate, Golden Horde, Tughlaq Dynasty, Bahmani Sultanate, Jaunpur Sultanate, Kashmir and Ladakh, Sukhothai Kingdom, Hokuzan, Chüzan, Nanzan, Hainan, Sukhothai, Chūzan

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1492 Map of Europe · 1492 Map of the Middle East · 1492 Map of Africa · 1492 Map of South Asia · 1492 Map of Southeast Asia · 1492 Map of Central Asia · 1492 Map of North America · 1492 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1492 Map of South America · 1492 Map of Oceania · 1492

Source and method

Borders and names: 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 73°E–150°E, 18°N–54°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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