Map of Southeast Asia in 1873
On 1 July 1873, IntMap’s historical map draws 38 names within Southeast Asia. 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 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) |
|---|---|
| Dutch East Indies | 2,270,000 |
| Siam | 775,000 |
| Qing | 484,000 |
| Spanish Philippines | 343,000 |
| Captaincy General of the Philippines | 343,000 |
| Đại Nam | 317,000 |
| British Raj (British India) | 316,000 |
| Burma | 295,000 |
| Sultanate of Sulu | 107,000 |
| French Third Republic | 95,900 |
| Kingdom of Sarawak | 78,100 |
| Malaya | 71,700 |
| Sultanate of Maguindanao | 64,900 |
| Colony of Cochinchina | 60,900 |
| Pahang Sultanate | 41,300 |
| British Empire | 41,200 |
| J'rai | 35,100 |
| Rattanakosin Kingdom | 24,200 |
| Sultanate of Perak | 24,100 |
| Sultanate of Johor | 20,400 |
| Portuguese Timor | 19,400 |
| Sultanate of Terengganu | 14,900 |
| Sultanate of Brunei | 14,400 |
| Sultanate of Selangor | 11,800 |
| Kingdom of Luang Phrabang | 10,500 |
| Sultanate of Kedah | 9,370 |
| Kelantan | 8,610 |
| Colony of the Straits Settlement | 5,260 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 3,670 |
| Chiangmai | 3,310 |
| Confederate States of Lanao | 2,060 |
| Colony of Labuan | 638 |
| Brunei | 612 |
| French Tourane | 590 |
| Colony of South Australia | 475 |
| Manipur State | 472 |
| British Hong Kong | 160 |
| Empire of Japan (1869-1879) | 3.13 |
What changed since 1871–1872
Now drawn
none
No longer drawn
Ryukyu Kingdom
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1873 Map of Europe · 1871–1877 Map of the Middle East · 1873 Map of Africa · 1873–1874 Map of South Asia · 1873–1876 Map of East Asia · 1873–1876 Map of Central Asia · 1859–1873 Map of North America · 1873–1876 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1872–1873 Map of South America · 1864–1879 Map of Oceania · 1871–1874
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 92°E–141°E, 11°S–24°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.