East Asia in 1885
1885 is the year the Berlin Conference ended. This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1885
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- British Raj
- Empire of Japan
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Joseon
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Champasak
- British Colonial Empire
- Portuguese Colonies
New on the map since 1860
Empire of Japan · Kingdom of Spain
Gone from the map by 1910
Joseon · Kingdom of Luang Phrabang · Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Champasak
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1885
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.