Southeast Asia in 1885
1885 is the year the Berlin Conference ended. This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1885
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Dutch East Indies
- British Raj
- Qing Dynasty
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- French Indochina
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- German Empire
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Kingdom of Sarawak
- Pahang Sultanate
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Bima
- Negeri Sembilan
- Bali
- Kedah-Perlis District
- Empire of Japan
New on the map since 1860
Kingdom of Spain · German Empire · Empire of Japan
Gone from the map by 1910
Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Luang Phrabang · Kingdom of Sarawak · Pahang Sultanate · Kingdom of Champasak · Sultanate of Jambi · Sultanate of Terengganu · Sultanate of Brunei · Kelantan · Sultanate of Bima · Negeri Sembilan · Bali
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Southeast 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.