Historical atlas
Maps and possibly illustrations of a particular region at a defined time period that depict the historical geography.
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The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English.
Historical atlas
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Historical atlas |
Worldwide edit
International organizations edit
Historical atlas by time period edit
Historical atlas by themes edit
Historical nations and territories edit
A list of historical nations and territories can be found in the Index of the atlas.
Old names of present countries edit
- Burma = Myanmar
- Dahomey = Benin
- Ivory Coast = Côte d'Ivoire
- Khmer = Cambodia
- Upper-Volta = Burkina Faso
- West Samoa = Samoa
- Zaïre = Congo (Democratic Republic)
Historical dependencies edit
Only dependencies from which the names have been changed are listed:
- Aden, see Yemen
- Afar and Issaland, see Djibouti
- Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, see Sudan
- Austrian Netherlands, see Belgium
- Basutoland, see Lesotho
- Bechuanaland, see Botswana
- Belgian Congo, see Congo (Democratic Republic)
- British Bechuanaland, see South Africa
- British Guiana, see Guyana
- British Honduras, see Belize
- British India, see India and other
- British New Guinea, see Papua New Guinea
- British North Borneo, see Malaysia
- British Solomon Islands, see Solomon Islands
- British Somaliland, see Somaliland
- British West Indies
- Cape Colony, see South Africa
- Ceylon, see - Sri Lanka
- Dahomey, see Benin
- Danish Virgin Islands, see United States Virgin Islands
- East Pakistan, see Banglades
- Ellice Islands, see Tuvalu
- Formosa, see China (Republic)
- French Congo, see Congo (Republic)
- French Guinea, see Guinea
- French Indo-China, see Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
- French Somaliland, see Djibouti
- French Sudan, see Mali
- German South-West Africa, see Namibia
- German East Africa, see Tanzania
- Gilbert Islands, see Kiribati
- Gold Coast, see Ghana
- Italian East Africa, see Eritrea and Somalia
- Italian Somaliland, see Somalia
- La Plate, see Argentina
- Louisiana, see United States
- Malaya, see Malaysia
- Natal, see South Africa
- Netherlands Brazil, see Brazil
- Netherlands Guiana, see Suriname
- Netherlands Indies, see Indonesia
- Netherlands New Guinea, see Indonesia
- New France, see Canada
- New Granada, see Colombia
- New Hebrides, see Vanuatu
- New Netherland, see United States
- New Spain, see Mexico
- New Sweden, see United States
- Northern Rhodesia, see Zambia
- Nyassaland, see Malawi
- Oubangi-Chari, see Central African Republic
- Papua, see Papua New Guinea
- Portuguese East Africa, see Mozambique
- Portuguese Guinea, see Guinea-Bissau
- Portuguese India, see Atlas of India
- Portuguese Timor, see East Timor
- Portuguese West Africa, see Angola
- South Arabia, see Yemen
- Southern Rhodesia, see Zimbabwe
- Spanish Guinea, see Equatorial Guinea
- Spanish Netherlands, see Belgium
- Spanish Sahara, see Western Sahara
- Transvaal, see South Africa
- Trucial Oman, see United Arab Emirates
- Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see Micronesia, Marshall Islands and Palau
- Urundi, see Burundi -
- Zanzibar, see Tanzania
Notes and references edit
General remarks:
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