Southeast Asia in 1740
This map shows the 42 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1740
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- First Toungoo Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Spanish Empire
- Khmer Empire
- Vientiane
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Sultanate of Johor
- Dutch Republic
- Trịnh lords
- Nguyễn lords
- Cambodia
- Nawabs of Bengal
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Banten
- Lan Na
- Mataram Sultanate
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Sultanate of Perak
- Kingdom of Bulungan
- Portuguese Colonies
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Bima
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Bali
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Đại Việt
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Mughal Empire
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1715
Nawabs of Bengal · Lan Na · Kingdom of Bulungan · Sultanate of Terengganu · Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
Gone from the map by 1765
First Toungoo Empire · Nawabs of Bengal · Lan Na · Mataram Sultanate · Kingdom of Bulungan · Blambangan Kingdom
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1740
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.