Africa in 1776
1776 is the year of the American Declaration of Independence. This map shows the 31 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1776
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Zand Dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Morocco
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Qasimids
- Ashanti Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Beylik of Tunis
- Portuguese Empire
- Oyo Empire
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Bamana Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Spanish Empire
- Kuwait
- British Colonial Empire
- New France
- French India
- Republic of Venice
- Danish India
- Bahrain
New on the map since 1751
Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Kuwait · Bahrain
Gone from the map by 1801
Zand Dynasty · Dutch Cape Coast · British Colonial Empire · New France · Republic of Venice · Bahrain
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Other regions in 1776
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.