Historical world map · 1650

World map in 1650

An early-modern reconstruction shaped by dynastic states, empires, and expanding maritime power. This sourced reconstruction contains 778 mapped geometries. 593 carry usable source labels; 180 are unlabeled in the original data.

Mapped shapes
778
Named labels
593
Geometry points
45,556
Data source
Historical Basemaps borders

Interactive world map for 1650

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1,650 CE
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1,650 CE
123,000 BC2,023 CE

Named in the source

States, realms, and regions mapped in 1650

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.

Named labels
593
Unlabeled shapes
180
  • Agwarmin
  • Ahmadnagar
  • Ainu
  • Akan
  • Alabama
  • Alawa
  • Algiers
  • Alyawarre
  • Amangu
  • Amarak
  • Amazon hunter-gatherers
  • Andean hunter-gatherers
  • Andegerebenha
  • Andyamathanha
  • Anggamudi
  • Anguthimri
  • Anmatyerre
  • Antakarinja
  • Arabana
  • Arakan
  • Arapaho
  • Arikara
  • Arrernte
  • Assiniboin
  • Atakapa
  • Athabascan
  • Athabaskan
  • Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
  • Austrian Empire
  • Ava
  • Awabakal
  • Awngthim
  • Awsa
  • Ayutthaya
  • Badimaya
  • Badtjala
  • Bagirmi
  • Bakanh
  • Ballardong
  • Bandjigali
  • Banggarla
  • Banjima
  • Baraba Baraba
  • Baradha
  • Bardi
  • Barindji
  • Barkindji
  • Barna
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  • Barranbinya
  • Barundji
  • Barunggam
  • Bayali
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Bibbulman
  • Bidar
  • Bidjara
  • Bidwell
  • Bigambul
  • Bijapur
  • Bilinara
  • Binbinga
  • Bindjali
  • Biri
  • Biripi
  • Birria
  • Blackfoot
  • Boonwurrung
  • Bornu-Kanem
  • Brunei
  • Buandig
  • Budjari
  • Bukurnidja
  • Bularnu
  • Bundjalung
  • Burarra
  • Caddo
  • Cambodia
  • Caribbean hunter-gatherers
  • Catawba
  • Cayenne
  • Cayuse
  • central Asian khanates
  • Ceylon
  • Ceylon (Dutch)
  • Cherokee
  • Cheyenne
  • Chtimacha
  • Chukchi
  • Comanche
  • Congo
  • Cree
  • Crow
  • Cuba (Spain)
  • Dadi Dadi
  • Đại Việt
  • Dainggatti
  • Dangbon
  • Danggali
  • Darfur
  • Darkinung
  • Darumbal
  • Delagoa Bay
  • Denmark-Norway
  • Dharawala
  • Dharug
  • Dhirari
  • Dieri
  • Dja Dja Wurrung
  • Djabuganjdji
  • Djabwurung
  • Djargurdwurung
  • Djirbalngan
  • Doolboong/Miriwoong
  • Dutch Brazil
  • Dutch East Indies
  • Dutch Formosa
  • Dutch Republic
  • Dyungungoo (Gubbi Gubbi)
  • England and Ireland
  • Eora
  • Erie
  • Essequibo
  • Ethiopia
  • Expansionist Kingdom of Merina
  • Eyaq
  • Finnmark
  • Fivizzano
  • Florida
  • Fox
  • France
  • Franche-Comté
  • Gabalbara
  • Gadubanud
  • Gagudju
  • Gamberre
  • Gananggalinda
  • Ganggalida
  • Gangulu
  • Garawa
  • Garingbal
  • Gayiri
  • Geawegal
  • Genoa
  • Gharra
  • Giraiwurung
  • Giya
  • Golkonda
  • Gooniyandi
  • Goreng
  • Gros Ventre
  • Guanches
  • Gugu-Badhun
  • Gulidjan
  • Gumbainggir
  • Gunbalang
  • Gunditjmara
  • Gundungurra
  • Gungabula
  • Gunggari
  • Gungurugoni
  • Gunibidji
  • Gunindiri
  • Gunu
  • Gunwinggu
  • Gureng Gureng
  • Gurindji
  • Guringai
  • Guugu-Yimidhirr
  • Guwa
  • Guwinmal
  • Hadramaut
  • Hausa States
  • Hispaniola (Spain)
  • Holy Roman Empire
  • Hong Kong
  • Hopie
  • Houma
  • Illinnois
  • Iningai
  • Inupiaq
  • Iowa
  • Iroquois
  • Islamic and Hindu states
  • Itelmen
  • Iwaidja
  • Jabirrjabirr
  • Jaburrara
  • Jaitmatang
  • Jaminjung
  • Jardwadjali
  • Jaru
  • Jawoyn
  • Jicarilla
  • Jingili
  • Jiwarli
  • Jukun
  • Jurruru
  • Kaantju
  • Kadjerong
  • Kalaako/Malpa
  • Kalaamaya
  • Kalapuya
  • Kalispel
  • Kalkadoon
  • Kamilaroi
  • Kandy
  • Kaniyang
  • Kansa
  • Karajarri
  • Karangpurru
  • Karangura
  • Karenggapa
  • Kariyarra
  • Karuwali
  • Kaurna Pangkarra
  • Kawahsu
  • Kaytej
  • Khiva Khanate
  • Kija
  • Kiowa
  • Kokatha
  • Koknar
  • Koko-bera
  • Kokomini
  • Kokowarra
  • Konbudj
  • Kooma
  • Korea
  • Koryaks
  • Kukatj
  • Kukatja
  • Kuku-yalanji
  • Kullilla
  • Kundjey’mi
  • Kungarakany
  • Kunja
  • Kunjen
  • Kureinji
  • Kurnai
  • Kurrama
  • Kurtjar
  • Kuthant
  • Kuuku-ya’u
  • Kuuku-yani
  • Kuungkari
  • Kuwarra
  • Kuwema
  • Kuyani
  • Kwini
  • Lamalama
  • Lan Na
  • Laotian states
  • Larrakia
  • Latje Latje
  • Limilngan
  • Lipan
  • Lombardy
  • Luba
  • Lucca
  • Lunda
  • Luritja
  • Luthigh
  • Luxembourg
  • Madagascar
  • Madi Madi
  • Mahra
  • Maiawali
  • Maiou
  • Malak malak
  • Malaya
  • Mali
  • Malkana
  • Malyangaba
  • Manchu Empire
  • Mandan
  • Mandandanji
  • Mandjindja
  • Mangala
  • Mangarayi
  • Maori
  • Mara
  • Maranunggu
  • Mardu
  • Margany
  • Marramaninjsji
  • Marringarr
  • Marrithiyel
  • Martuthunira
  • Massa
  • Massachusetts Bay
  • Maung
  • Maya
  • Mayi-Kulan
  • Mayi-Kutuna
  • Mayi-Thakurti
  • Mayi-Yapi
  • Mbabaram
  • Mbara
  • Mbeiwum
  • Mbukarla
  • Menomini
  • Meru
  • Mescalero
  • Mi'kma'ki
  • Miami
  • Middag Kingdom
  • Milan
  • Minang
  • Mingin
  • Mirning
  • Missouri
  • Mithaka
  • Miwa
  • Miwok
  • Miyan
  • Modena
  • Modoc
  • Montagnais Innu
  • Morocco
  • Mossi States
  • Mpalitjanh
  • Mudburra
  • Mughal Empire
  • Murrinh-patha
  • Muruwari
  • Mutumui
  • Nakako
  • Nakara
  • Nana
  • Naples
  • Narangga
  • Nari Nari
  • Naskapi Innu
  • Natchez
  • Nawu
  • Nepal
  • New Amsterdam
  • New France
  • Nez Perce
  • Ngaanyatjarra
  • Ngadjuri
  • Ngalakan
  • Ngalawangka
  • Ngalea
  • Ngaliwuru
  • Ngalkbun
  • Ngambri
  • Ngamini
  • Ngan’gikurunggurr
  • Ngan’giwumirri
  • Ngandi
  • Ngandji
  • Nganyaywana
  • Ngarabal
  • Ngargad
  • Ngarigo
  • Ngarinman
  • Ngarinyin
  • Ngarla
  • Ngarluma
  • Ngarrindjeri
  • Ngarti
  • Ngatatjara
  • Ngatjumay
  • Ngawun
  • Ngombur
  • Nguburinji
  • Ngumbarl
  • Ngunawal
  • Nguri
  • Ngurraiillam
  • Nhanta
  • Nhuwala
  • Nimanburu
  • Nogai Horde
  • Northern Paiute
  • Nukunu
  • Nungali
  • Nunggubuyu
  • Nyaki-nyaki
  • Nyamal
  • Nyanganyatjara
  • Nyangumarda
  • Nyawaygi
  • Nyikina
  • Nyul Nyul
  • Obiwa
  • Omaha
  • Oman
  • Oromo
  • Osage
  • Oto
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Oyo
  • Palyku
  • Pampas cultures
  • Papal States
  • Papous
  • Parma
  • Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters
  • Pawnee
  • Payungu
  • Peramangk
  • Philippines
  • Pinikura
  • Pinjarup
  • Pintupi
  • Pirlatapa
  • Pitjantjatjara
  • Pitta-Pitta
  • Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Polynesians
  • Pomo
  • Ponca
  • Pontremoli
  • Portugal
  • Portuguese Brazil
  • Portuguese East Africa
  • Portuguese Guinea
  • Post-Ming Warlords
  • Potawatomi
  • Prussia
  • Punuba
  • Purduna
  • Quapaw
  • Quazaq Khanate
  • Rembarnga
  • Republic of the Seven Zenden
  • Rozwi
  • Safavid Empire
  • Santee
  • Sardinia
  • Sardinia-Piedmont
  • Savanna hunter-gatherers
  • Scottalnd
  • Senegal
  • Serano
  • Shan states
  • Shawnee
  • Shoshoni
  • Shuar
  • Sicily
  • Songhai
  • South Carolina
  • Southern Paiute
  • Spain
  • Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers
  • Surinam
  • Suspiaq
  • Sweden
  • Swiss Confederation
  • T'atsaot'ine
  • Takalak
  • Tano
  • Tasmanian hunter-gatherers
  • Taungurung
  • Tenimo
  • Teppathiggi
  • Teton
  • Thaayorre
  • Thalanyji
  • Tharawal
  • Tharrgari
  • Thiin
  • Thul Garrie Waja (Bindal)
  • Tibet
  • Tjalkanti
  • Tjerratj
  • Tjungundji
  • Tjupany
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Tonkawa
  • Tsardom of Muscovy
  • Tuʻi Tonga Empire
  • Tunica
  • Tunis
  • Turrbal
  • Tuscany
  • Umatilla
  • Umbindhamu
  • Umida
  • Umpila
  • Unggarangi
  • Unggumi
  • Ute
  • Uutaalnganu
  • Venice
  • Vice Royalty of Peru
  • Vice-Royalty of New Spain
  • Vijayanagara
  • Virginia
  • Waanyi
  • Wadai
  • Wadi Wadi
  • Wadigali
  • Wadjigu
  • Wagiman
  • Wailwan
  • Wajuk
  • Waka Waka
  • Wakabunga
  • Wakaya
  • Walangama
  • Walmatjarri
  • Wambaya
  • Wandjiwalgu
  • Wangan
  • Wangkamana
  • Wangkangurru
  • Wangkathaa
  • Wangkumara
  • Wardaman
  • Wardandi
  • Wargamaygan
  • Warlmanpa
  • Warlpiri
  • Warluwarra
  • Warray
  • Warriyangga
  • Warumungu
  • Warwa
  • Wathaurong
  • Watjarri
  • Waveroo
  • Wawula
  • Wemba Wemba
  • Wergaia
  • Wichita
  • Wiilman
  • Wik
  • Wiljali
  • Winda Winda
  • Winebago
  • Wiradjuri
  • Wirangu
  • Wongaibon
  • Wonnarua
  • Woolna
  • Worimi
  • Worla
  • Worora
  • Wudjari
  • Wulgurukaba
  • Wuli-wuli
  • Wunambul
  • Wuningangk
  • Wunumara
  • Wurundjeri
  • Wuthathi
  • Yadhaigana
  • Yagalingu
  • Yakima
  • Yalarrnga
  • Yambina
  • Yanda
  • Yandruwandha
  • Yanga
  • Yangga
  • Yangman
  • Yankontai
  • Yankton
  • Yankuntjatjara
  • Yanyuwa
  • Yarluyandi
  • Yavapai
  • Yawarawarka
  • Yawuru
  • Yidinjdji
  • Yiiji
  • Yilba
  • Yiman
  • Yindjibarndi
  • Yinggarda
  • Yinhawangka
  • Yinwum
  • Yir Yoront
  • Yirandali
  • Yitha Yitha
  • Yokuts
  • Yolngu
  • Yorta Yorta
  • Yuat
  • Yuchi
  • Yugambeh
  • Yuggera
  • Yuin
  • Yulparitja
  • Yup'ik & Cup'ik
  • Yupangathi
  • Yuru
  • Yuwi

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.

Determined by international law
766
Approximate border
12
Unlabeled source geometries
180

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.