Southeast Asia in 1870
This map shows the 31 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1870
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Dutch East Indies
- Qing Dynasty
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- British Raj
- Burma
- Spanish Empire
- Nguyễn dynasty
- French Indochina
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Panthay Rebellion
- Kingdom of Sarawak
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Pahang Sultanate
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Sultanate of Perak
- Sultanate of Johor
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Bima
- Negeri Sembilan
- British Colonial Empire
- Bali
- Kedah-Perlis District
- Empire of Japan
New on the map since 1845
British Raj · French Indochina · Panthay Rebellion · Pahang Sultanate · Empire of Japan
Gone from the map by 1895
Dutch East Indies · Burma · Spanish Empire · Nguyễn dynasty · Kingdom of Luang Phrabang · Panthay Rebellion · Kingdom of Sarawak · Chiangmai · Sultanate of Sulu · Pahang Sultanate · Kingdom of Champasak · Sultanate of Perak · Sultanate of Johor · Sultanate of Brunei · Sultanate of Selangor · Sultanate of Bima · Negeri Sembilan
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Other regions in 1870
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.