Historical world map · 1530

World map in 1530

An early-modern reconstruction shaped by dynastic states, empires, and expanding maritime power. This sourced reconstruction contains 494 mapped geometries. 278 have source labels representing 269 distinct names; 216 have no usable source label.

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Mapped geometries
494
Labeled geometries
278
Distinct labels
269
Data source
Historical Basemaps borders

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Historical world map reconstruction showing mapped regions in 1530

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Named in the source

States, realms, and regions mapped in 1530

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
269
Unlabeled geometries
216
  • Aaniiih
  • Abnaki
  • Acaxea
  • Aceh
  • Adal
  • Ahmadnagar
  • Ainu
  • Akan
  • Alabama
  • Amazon hunter-gatherers
  • Andean hunter-gatherers
  • Apache
  • Apalachee
  • Arapaho
  • Arikara
  • Assiniboin
  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Atakapa
  • Athabaskan
  • Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
  • Ayutthaya
  • Bagirmi
  • Bengal
  • Benin
  • Beothuk
  • Bidar
  • Bijapur
  • Biloxi
  • Blackfoot
  • Bornu-Kanem
  • Britany
  • Bukara Khanate
  • Burmese kingdoms
  • Caddo
  • Cahitas
  • Cahulia
  • Caloosahatchee culture
  • Cambodia
  • Caohuiltecs
  • Caribbean hunter-gatherers
  • Catawba
  • Caxcane
  • Cayuse
  • central Asian khanates
  • Chatot
  • Cherokee
  • Cheyenne
  • Chicaksaw
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  • Chiricahua
  • Chisos
  • Choctaw
  • Chtimacha
  • Chukchi
  • Chumash
  • Cochimà
  • Comanche
  • Congo
  • Conoy
  • Costanoan
  • Cree
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Crow
  • Cuba (Spain)
  • Cusabo
  • Đại Việt
  • Darfur
  • Delaware
  • Denmark-Norway
  • Enets
  • England and Ireland
  • Erie
  • Ethiopia
  • Expansionist Kingdom of Merina
  • Eyaq
  • Flathead
  • Florence
  • Fox
  • France
  • Genoa
  • Gharra
  • Golkonda
  • Guachichiles
  • Guachimis
  • Guamar / Pecchichitane
  • Guanches
  • Habsburg Netherlands
  • Hadramaut
  • Hausa States
  • Havasupai
  • Hispaniola (Spain)
  • Hitchiti
  • Holy Roman Empire
  • Hopie
  • Houma
  • Illinnois
  • Inca Empire
  • Inupiaq
  • Iowa
  • Iroquois
  • Irritilas
  • Islamic and Hindu states
  • Islamic city-states
  • Itelmen
  • Janabres
  • Japan (Warring States)
  • Jicarilla
  • Kalapuya
  • Kalispel
  • Kamia
  • Kansa
  • Karankawa
  • Kawahsu
  • Kazan Khanate
  • Khanate of Sibir
  • Khanty
  • Khiva Khanate
  • Kijkitat
  • Kiowa
  • Knucati
  • Komi
  • Korea
  • Koryaks
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
  • Lagunero
  • Laos
  • Lipan
  • Luba
  • Luiseno
  • Lunda
  • Madagascar
  • Mahicacn
  • Mahra
  • Maiou
  • Malacca
  • Malaysian Islamic states
  • Mandan
  • Maoris
  • Maratines
  • Masachuset
  • Mayas
  • Menomini
  • Mescalero
  • Mi'kma'ki
  • Miami
  • Milan
  • Ming Chinese Empire
  • Missouri
  • Miwok
  • Modoc
  • Montagnais Innu
  • Montana
  • Mossi States
  • Mughal Empire
  • Muskogee
  • Mwenemutapa
  • Naniaho
  • Naples
  • Naskapi Innu
  • Natchez
  • Navaho
  • Nayarit
  • Nenets
  • Nez Perce
  • Nganasan
  • Ninticoy
  • Nogai Horde
  • Northern Paiute
  • Obiwa
  • Omaha
  • Oman
  • Orissa
  • Oromo
  • Osage
  • Oto
  • Otomies
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Oyo
  • Pampas cultures
  • Papago
  • Papal States
  • Papous
  • Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters
  • Patwin
  • Pawnee
  • Pegu
  • Pennacook
  • Pewa
  • Pima
  • Pisones
  • Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers
  • Pocumtuk
  • Poland-Llituania
  • Polynesians
  • Pomo
  • Ponca
  • Portugal
  • Potawatomi
  • Prussia
  • Quapaw
  • Quazaq Khanate
  • Rajputana
  • Republic of the Seven Zenden
  • Riro
  • Safavid Empire
  • Sámi
  • Santee
  • Sardinia
  • Saunan
  • Savanna hunter-gatherers
  • Savoy
  • Saylan
  • Scotland
  • Senegal
  • Serano
  • Shan states
  • Shawnee
  • Shoshoni
  • Shuar
  • Sicily
  • Songhai
  • Southern Paiute
  • Spain
  • Spokane
  • Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers
  • Suspiaq
  • Susquehanna
  • Sweden
  • Swiss Confederation
  • T'atsaot'ine
  • Tamalipueca
  • Tancalba
  • Tano
  • Tasmanian hunter-gatherers
  • Tecuexe
  • Tenimo
  • Tepehuane
  • Teton
  • Thompson
  • Tibet
  • Timucua
  • Toboso
  • Tonkawa
  • Tsardom of Muscovy
  • Tuʻi Tonga Empire
  • Tunica
  • Tutelo
  • Umatilla
  • Ute
  • Venice
  • Vice Royalty of New Spain
  • Vijayanagara
  • Wadai
  • Walapai
  • Wappynger
  • Watassid Morocco
  • Wichita
  • Winebago
  • Xecora
  • Yakima
  • Yankontai
  • Yankton
  • Yavapai
  • Yokuts
  • Yuchi
  • Yukagir
  • Yuma
  • Yup'ik & Cup'ik
  • Zacatecs
  • Zuni

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
494

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

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Reuse terms: GPL-3.0 repository license. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.

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