Map of Southeast Asia in 1886

On 1 July 1886, IntMap’s historical map draws 19 names within Southeast Asia. The borders for this date come from CShapes 2.0 (day by day), then OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year) — each drawn only where the records before it are silent.

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)
Dutch East Indies1,900,000
Siam782,000
British Raj (British India)575,000
Qing Empire436,000
Annam382,000
Philippines (Spain)299,000
Cambodia (France)131,000
Raj of Sarawak126,000
North Borneo88,300
Pahang Sultanate36,900
Unfederated Malay States19,300
Perak18,200
Portuguese Timor (Portugal)15,300
Sultanate of Brunei10,900
Negri Sembilan Protectorate6,960
Selangore6,900
Straits Settlements3,700
Papua (UK)654
Colony of Labuan638

What changed since 1885

Now drawn

Qing Empire, Annam, Philippines (Spain), Cambodia (France), Raj of Sarawak, Unfederated Malay States, Perak, Portuguese Timor (Portugal), Selangore, Straits Settlements, Papua (UK)

No longer drawn

Qing, Spanish Philippines, Captaincy General of the Philippines, British Empire, French Tonkin, French Protectorate of Annam, French Third Republic, Kingdom of Sarawak, Colony of Cochinchina, Malaya, Sultanate of Maguindanao, Rattanakosin Kingdom, J'rai, Kingdom of Luang Phrabang, Johore Protectorate, Perak Protectorate, Portuguese Timor, Sultanate of Sulu, Sultanate of Terengganu, Selangor Protectorate, Sultanate of Kedah, Kelantan, Colony of the Straits Settlement, Confederate States of Lanao, Colony of Queensland, Brunei, Colony of South Australia, Manipur State, British Hong Kong, Empire of Japan (1879-1895)

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1886 Map of Europe · 1886–1889 Map of the Middle East · 1886 Map of Africa · 1886 Map of South Asia · 1886 Map of East Asia · 1886 Map of Central Asia · 1886–1911 Map of North America · 1886–1893 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1886–1898 Map of South America · 1886–1889 Map of Oceania · 1886–1888

Source and method

Borders and names: CShapes 2.0 (Schvitz et al. 2022, icr.ethz.ch/data/cshapes) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 + OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 · adapted by IntMap: the admin_level=2 relations in force from 1886, less the ground CShapes states on its own dates + 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.

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.

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