Map of Europe in 1530

For 1530, 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: 74 names within Europe. The map also draws 40 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 Empire1,370,000
Grand Principality of Moscow1,360,000
Spanish Empire875,000
Kingdom of Spain872,000
Kingdom of France840,000
House of Jagiellon748,000
Kingdom of Sweden670,000
Denmark-Norway614,000
Nogai Horde415,000
Kingdom of England332,000
Holy Roman Empire317,000
Holy Roman Empire Minor States315,000
Safavid Dynasty303,000
Kingdom of Hungary218,000
Crimean Khanate194,000
Habsburg Monarchy185,000
Astrakhan Khanate162,000
Hafsid Dynasty156,000
Zayyanid dynasty123,000
Livonian Conference116,000
Portuguese Empire93,200
Kingdom of Portugal91,300
Kingdom of Scotland89,300
Principality of Moldavia81,900
England and Ireland80,200
Principality of Wallachia74,100
Republic of Venice64,400
Wattasid dynasty59,000
Eastern Hungarian Kingdom57,000
Poland-Llituania47,000
Papal States45,100
Swiss Confederation43,700
House of Bourbon43,500
Electorate of Brandenburg42,100
Sámi38,800
Duchy of Prussia38,400
County of Savoy35,500
Duchy of Bavaria34,700
Electorate of Saxony33,900
County of Foix30,400
Qasim Khanate24,500
Greenland22,300
Duchy of Milan17,500
Duchy of Lorraine17,100
Electorate of Trier17,000
Republic of Genoa16,900
Principality of Mingrelia13,200
Republic of Florence12,000
Kingdom of Imereti11,400
Spain8,650
Naples6,840
Milan6,670
France6,570
Principality of Abkhazia6,060
Principality of Guria4,660
Kingdom of Kakheti2,780
Sicily2,730
Genoa2,370
Comtat Venaissin2,310
Sweden2,270
Florence2,070
Venice1,950
Portuguese Africa1,920
Republic of Ragusa1,540
Savoy1,470
Watassid Morocco1,380
Habsburg Netherlands816
Republic of the Seven Zenden461
Scotland363
Portugal184
Principality of Orange140
Prussia71.8
Britany31.4
Sardinia1.44

What changed since 1500

Now drawn

Spanish Empire, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of Sweden, Denmark-Norway, Nogai Horde, Safavid Dynasty, Portuguese Empire, England and Ireland, Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, Poland-Llituania, Duchy of Prussia, Greenland, Spain, Naples, Milan, Sicily, Genoa, Sweden, Florence, Portuguese Africa, Savoy, Watassid Morocco, Habsburg Netherlands, Republic of the Seven Zenden, Prussia, Sardinia

No longer drawn

Kalmar Union, Golden Horde, Crown of Castile, Aq Qoyunlu, Kingdom of Bohemia, Crown of Aragon, Mamluk Sultanate, House of Habsburg, England, Kingdom of Naples, Poland-Lithuania, Samtskhe-Saatabago, Zayyanid Caliphate, Teutonic Order, Beylik of Dulkadir, Grand Duchy of Moscow, Ramadanid Emirate, Pskov Republic, Georgia, Ryazan, County of Nevers, Aragón, Hafsid Caliphate, Castille, Emirate of the White Sheep Turks, Imperial Hungary, Mamluke Sultanate, Duchy of Styria, Teutonic Knights, Wattasid Caliphate, Pskov, County of Auvergne, Navarre, Arabs, Timurid Empire, Cyprus

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1530 Map of the Middle East · 1530 Map of Africa · 1530 Map of South Asia · 1530 Map of East Asia · 1530 Map of Southeast Asia · 1530 Map of Central Asia · 1530 Map of North America · 1530 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1530 Map of South America · 1530 Map of Oceania · 1530

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 25°W–45°E, 34°N–72°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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