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History of Western Sahara in maps
Western Sahara as it appears in 5 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 2015: Western Sahara. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
MAP OF THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD IN 1890 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Atack: nineteenth-century US canals, March2017 · Atack: historical US railroads1826–1911, revised2023 · Bartholomew: Literary & Historical Atlas of America,1911 · Bartholomew: Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia,1912 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Dakar–SaintLouis railway: historical construction record · Imperial Gazetteer of India,Atlas1909: railways · Nazrin Shah: tin’s shift from Larut to Kinta1850–1900 · Natural Earth physical geography · South African History Online: Witwatersrand goldfield · Maps of History: industrial geography reconstruction record · UNESCO: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution · UNESCO: Humberstone and Santa Laura saltpeter works · UNESCO: Tomioka Silk Mill and related sites
Source details Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University. Shapefile metadata explicitly grants free use; source segment dates and identities retained.. Author metadata grants free use by anyone with source acknowledgement Jeremy Atack, Vanderbilt University. Shapefile metadata explicitly grants free use; source segment dates and identities retained.. Author metadata grants free use by anyone with source acknowledgement John George Bartholomew,1911; economic maps and named transport routes. Original cartographer died1920; independent geographic reconstruction.. Public-domain original historical cartography; geographic facts independently reconstructed John George Bartholomew,1912; economic mapspp40–41,72–73, products54–55; regional railway maps and route gazetteer. Original author died1920. Only geographic facts independently reconstructed; ebook text/brand not republished.. Public-domain original historical cartography; geographic facts independently reconstructed Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0 Document-based chronology: Dakar–Rufisque opened1883; completed to SaintLouis1885. Named route geography independently reconstructed through Thiès.. Historical geographic evidence; independent route reconstruction Digital South Asia Library, University of Chicago; maps22–25 and provincial maps. Later plates locate routes, not early opening dates.. Public-domain historical government atlas; geographic facts independently reconstructed Historical research confirms Larut and Kinta district locations and period; contemporary atlas supplies the geographic setting.. Historical geographic facts used for independent reconstruction; no source artwork copied Made with Natural Earth; present coastlines support physical clipping, not historical political boundaries.. Public domain Named MainReef mining corridor Randfontein–Springs/Nigel; independent regional geography, not mine-lease boundaries.. Historical geographic facts used for independent reconstruction; no source artwork copied Named districts and route stations from the linked published atlases. District perimeters are interpretive economic regions, not sovereign borders or parcel-level industrial land use.. Original independent thematic reconstructions; source artwork not embedded UNESCO World Heritage Centre; named industrial locations and period evidence. The atlas district is not a copy of the modern UNESCO property boundary.. Factual geographic evidence; property artwork not redistributed UNESCO World Heritage Centre; named industrial locations and period evidence. The atlas district is not a copy of the modern UNESCO property boundary.. Factual geographic evidence; property artwork not redistributed UNESCO World Heritage Centre; named industrial locations and period evidence. The atlas district is not a copy of the modern UNESCO property boundary.. Factual geographic evidence; property artwork not redistributed Country fills apply the existing educational industrialisation stages to dated published polities. They do not imply that development was uniform throughout each empire. Economic districts represent thematic regions. Source dates and reconstruction methods are recorded separately.
reconstruction: 1861.3 · reconstruction: 1869.9 · reconstruction: 1890 · reconstruction: Named district within chapter chronology · vector: 1727–1899 · vector: 1815–1937 · vector: 1820–1899 · vector: 1822–1894 · vector: 1834–1904 · vector: 1840–1894 · vector: 1840–1904 · vector: 1840–1978 · vector: 1842–1894 · vector: 1842–1907 · vector: 1842–1912 · vector: 1848–1935 · vector: 1849–1904 · vector: 1856–1894 · vector: 1859–1894 · vector: 1860–1894 · vector: 1861 · vector: 1861–1894 · vector: 1864–1921 · vector: 1865–1914 · vector: 1865–1915 · vector: 1866–1904 · vector: 1866–2023 · vector: 1869 · vector: 1871–1914 · vector: 1873–1913 · vector: 1877–1899 · vector: 1877–1935 · vector: 1877–2023 · vector: 1880–1894 · vector: 1880–1897 · vector: 1880–1899 · vector: 1885–1894 · vector: 1885–1897 · vector: 1885–1904 · vector: 1885–1907 · vector: 1885–1910 · vector: 1885–1911 · vector: 1885–1925 · vector: 1890 · vector: 1890–1894 · vector: 1890–1897 · vector: 1890–1899 · vector: 1890–1904 · vector: 1890–1910 · vector: 1890–1911 · vector: 1890–1914 · vector: 1890–2023 · vector: Erie Canal completed1825 / source2017
Layer records and reconstruction methods
What was Western Sahara before it was Western Sahara? The sections below follow this
land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was
called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve
as an approximation, as each atlas says on the map itself.
Western Sahara · Industrial Revolution
1890 Colony or dependency — the opening position 1890 Colony or dependency
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Western Sahara · WWI
WWI: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Western Sahara · Cold War
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Western Sahara · Decolonization of Africa
1945 Portuguese, Belgian, Spanish & Italian-ruled — the opening position 1975 Independent Africa
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Western Sahara (Spanish until 1975, then Moroccan) · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
1945 Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position MAY 1970 No reform yet / outside this story
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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