The Songhai Empire c. 1375-1591

Historical
Africa

The Songhai Empire was the largest and last of the three major pre-colonial empires to emerge in West Africa.

Gallery

Maps of Africa

Map of Africa drawn in 1508

Africa in 1570

Africae tabula nova 1570

Africa in 1595

Atlas sive Cosmographicae meditationes de fabrica mvndi et fabricati figvra. Dvisbvrgi Clivorvm 1595

Africa in 1648

Atlas in Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara (eds.) (1995). Africa third edition. Indiana University Press and James Currey.

Africa in 1861

Africa in 1898

Africa in 1898.
Colonial claims:

* British possessions are in yellow
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Africa in 1932

Africa between the 15th and 17th century

Africa before the colonial partition c. 1870

Africa in 1885

West Africa in 1738

Coste occidentale d'Afrique : depuis le detroit de Gibraltar, jusqu'au XIe degre de latitude septentrionale Tiree...

The Songhai Empire c. 1375-1591