East Asia in 1776
1776 is the year of the American Declaration of Independence. This map shows the 16 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1776
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
- Chiangmai
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Portuguese Colonies
New on the map since 1751
Thonburi Kingdom · Chiangmai · Tây Sơn dynasty
Gone from the map by 1801
Tibet · Thonburi Kingdom · Trịnh lords · Kingdom of Mrauk U
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East Asia in other years
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.