Southeast Asia in 1840
This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Burma
- Dutch East Indies
- Nguyễn dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- British Empire
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Khmer Empire
- Riau-Lingga Sultanate
- Chiangmai
- British Colonial Empire
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Johor
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Sultanate of Perak
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Sambaliung
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Sultanate of Bone
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1815
Burma · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Sultanate of Sambaliung
Gone from the map by 1865
British Empire · Riau-Lingga Sultanate · Sultanate of Malacca · Sultanate of Banjar · Sultanate of Sambaliung · Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara · Sultanate of Bone · Sultanate of Maguindanao
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1840
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.