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East Asia in 1860

This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in 1860 with 17 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in East Asia in 1860

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • Russian Empire
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Panthay Rebellion
  • Burma
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom
  • Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
  • Joseon
  • British Raj
  • Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
  • Nguyễn dynasty
  • Spanish Empire
  • Chiangmai
  • Kingdom of Champasak
  • British Colonial Empire
  • French Indochina
  • Portuguese Colonies

New on the map since 1835

Panthay Rebellion · Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · British Raj · French Indochina

Gone from the map by 1885

Tokugawa Shogunate · Panthay Rebellion · Burma · Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · Nguyễn dynasty · Spanish Empire · Chiangmai

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 1860

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.