The Mediterranean in 1776
1776 is the year of the American Declaration of Independence. This map shows the 38 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1776
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Russian Empire
- Morocco
- Regency of Algiers
- Crimean Khanate
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Moldavia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Zand Dynasty
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Principality of Svaneti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Spanish Empire
- British Colonial Empire
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1751
Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Zand Dynasty
Gone from the map by 1801
Kingdom of France · Crimean Khanate · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Republic of Venice · Swiss Confederation · Zand Dynasty · Republic of Genoa · Khanates of the Caucasus · Comtat Venaissin · Spanish Empire · British Colonial Empire · Principality of Monaco
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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.