East Asia in 1770
This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1770
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Joseon
- Tibet
- Thonburi Kingdom
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Vientiane
- Trịnh lords
- Spanish Empire
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Portuguese Colonies
New on the map since 1745
Thonburi Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1795
Tibet · Thonburi Kingdom · Trịnh lords · Nguyễn lords · Kingdom of Mrauk U
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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.