Historical world map · 1279
World map in 1279
A medieval reconstruction of kingdoms, empires, and overlapping regional authority. This sourced reconstruction contains 247 mapped geometries. 116 have source labels representing 113 distinct names; 131 have no usable source label.
- Mapped geometries
- 247
- Labeled geometries
- 116
- Distinct labels
- 113
- Data source
- Historical Basemaps borders
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Named in the source
States, realms, and regions mapped in 1279
Usable source labels can mix states, empires, dependencies, cultural regions, and other mapped entities. Wording follows the dataset rather than forcing every shape into a modern-country category.
- Distinct named labels
- 113
- Unlabeled geometries
- 131
- Abdelouadides
- Aceh
- Ainus
- Alwa
- Amazon hunter-gatherers
- Andean hunter-gatherers
- Andean states and chiefdoms
- Aragón
- Arawaks
- Athabaskan
- Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
- Aymara kingdoms
- Bantou
- Benin
- Beothuk
- Bornu-Kanem
- Britany
- Bulgar Khanate
- Byzantine Empire
- Caloosahatchee cultureure
- Caribbean hunter-gatherers
- Castile
- Chagatai Khanate
- Champa
- Chimú Empire
- Chola state
- Corsica
- Cyprus
- Đại Việt
- Denmark
- Desert hunter-gatherers
- Dorset
- Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers
- English territory
- Ethiopia
- Expansionist Kingdom of Merina
- France
- Georgia
- Granada
- Great Khanate
- Great Zimbabwe
- Guanahatabeyes
- Guanches
- Hadramaut
- Hafsid Caliphate
- Hainan
- Holy Roman Empire
- Hungary
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Precision in the source
Not every border deserves the same confidence
Precision is inherited from the dataset when available. It describes how the line was encoded, not the overall certainty of every historical claim inside the polygon.
- Approximate border
- 247
These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.
Source, license, and download
Historical boundary snapshots for countries and cultural regions, used through 2010. Coverage: 53 available snapshots from prehistory through 2010
Reuse terms: GPL-3.0 repository license. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.