Historical world map · 1880

World map in 1880

A late-nineteenth-century snapshot during rapid imperial expansion and colonial partition. This sourced reconstruction contains 236 mapped geometries. 173 have source labels representing 169 distinct names; 63 have no usable source label.

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Mapped geometries: 236
Labeled geometries: 173
Distinct labels: 169
Data source: Historical Basemaps borders

Historical world map reconstruction showing mapped regions in 1880 — Static map preview for 1880
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Named in the source

Countries, territories, and regions mapped in 1880

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: 169
Unlabeled geometries: 63

Afghanistan
Algeria (FR)
American Samoa
Angola (Portugal)
Anguilla
Annam
Antigua and Barbuda
Arabia
Argentina
Asante
Ato trading confederacy
Austria Hungary
Barotse
Basutoland
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bokhara Khanate
Bolivia
Borgu States
Bosnia-Herzegovina
British Guiana
British Raj
Brunei
Buganda
Bulgaria
Bunyoro
Burundi
Calabar
Canada
Cape Colony
central Asian khanates
Ceylon
Chile
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Cotonou
Dahomey
Dendi Kingdom
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dutch Guiana
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador

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Ethiopia
Fiji
France
French Guiana
French Indochina
Futa Jalon
Futa Toro
Gabon
Gambia
Germany
Gold Coast (GB)
Greece
Greenland
Griqualand West
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Haiti
Harer (Egypt)
Honduras
Hong Kong
Ibadan
Iceland
Imerina
Imperial Japan
Italy
Ivory Coast
Kanem-Bornu
Kingdom of Brazil
Kingdom of Hawaii
Kong Empire
Korea
Kuba
Lagos
Liberia
Lozi
Luba
Lunda
Luxembourg
M?ori
Madagascar
Malaya
Malta
Manchu Empire
Mbailundu
Mexico
Mirambo Unyanyembe Ukimbu
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mossi States
Mozambique
Natal
Ndebele
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Indies
New South Wales (UK)
Nguni
Ngwato
Nicaragua
Niue
Northern Territory (UK)
Oman
Opobo
Orange Free State
Ottoman Empire
Ovimbundu
Oyo
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Persia
Peru
Philippines
Polynesians
Portugal
Portuguese Guinea
Qatar
Queensland (UK)
Rabih az-Zubayr
Rattanakosin Kingdom
Romania
Russian Empire
Rwanda
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Martin
Samoa
Senegal (FR)
Serbia
Shona
Sierra Leone
Sokoto Caliphate
South Australia (UK)
Spain
Spanish Guinea
Sultanate of Damagaram
Sultanate of Utetera
Sultinate of Zanzibar
Swaziland
Sweden–Norway
Switzerland
Taiwan
Teke
Tonga
Transvaal
Trucial Oman
Tukular Caliphate
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Victoria (UK)
Wadai Empire
Wallis and Futuna Islands
Wassoulou Empire
Western Australia (UK)
Yaka
Yeke
Zululand

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: 234
Moderately approximate: 2

These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.

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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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Not every border deserves the same confidence

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