Historical map sources and licence
André Ourednik and historical-basemaps contributors. These are separate, unmodified source GeoJSON reference files distributed under the GNU General Public License version 3. They are work in progress, with no warranty of geographical or historical accuracy. Cultural regions can overlap; source snapshots do not establish current territorial control.
Source revision da7a4b735ecef70aebdc9c73e409d8a2500d50f3, committed 2026-09-15T12:38:00Z.
Complete GPL-3.0 licence · Unmodified source README and credits · Pinned upstream source
All map data below remain freely downloadable, including their original geometry and properties. Files are byte-preserved; only their hosted filenames and transfer encodings differ.
| Source year | GeoJSON | Features | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| -5000 | world_bc5000.geojson | 279 | ba34b16d2a9d55d461a6b7f4fde2e29a8c1a6827a30817fdf46b18e94a06edba |
| -4000 | world_bc4000.geojson | 136 | e3c4f1a6a255301e69edcb75b3e5fd8d0e52461967e54146bb9f1f57d4654173 |
| -3000 | world_bc3000.geojson | 138 | 2cf107e2f0d4f9b5427b293f19b11fffe7c1134f52320df4f94b4889b978f033 |
| -2000 | world_bc2000.geojson | 145 | 9d08a2390ca3d82f46eccfe97f44949922b69e4bb733f0fc2120e579de52a5d3 |
| -1500 | world_bc1500.geojson | 163 | b17e8fab42e47b09fa8d52941d9fd55e03b0e3ba22dd0a71ad20f76e517ce485 |
| -1000 | world_bc1000.geojson | 163 | ace64cae988ab72ab5536b76e052a9564eed81390404bccbc5e6a48ac646d7fc |
| -700 | world_bc700.geojson | 174 | 83515442984c57d4939c7fb236f16e8ab88411b76a26214cdf86b390ae36965c |
| -500 | world_bc500.geojson | 189 | f72bc06ca45a9f680f20ef6007aaccd13a929cd1b632bd0fb41f161cb51ba3f6 |
| -400 | world_bc400.geojson | 190 | 7c657b265b2896744efa2c56dd66f0f4a8e647f9dd3c3fbe2c4575515e4b260b |
| -323 | world_bc323.geojson | 149 | 3e90c33ce668d9559b52b501a8a8d5607e4cc86c4131dac30ae9aa4d6e9a7616 |
| -300 | world_bc300.geojson | 155 | d181645f7963e893fc5502a496c14927316939a2a38cba7722a38b75f80cf633 |
| -200 | world_bc200.geojson | 183 | e192a3330a7e51358b61a6bfffaf6ff3e9ebf4eb96b532a23632316e86066a80 |
| -100 | world_bc100.geojson | 233 | 80ce07508ef86b4c4943193d7562578dc1150976bd0eb07581c620acf3044874 |
| -1 | world_bc1.geojson | 442 | 830fac0104ebafff7b576333cd5ab4a9bf4b6f732ddf828cec47797cf65047cb |
| 100 | world_100.geojson | 440 | d3dba3d4988e481d6438821b7fad847946f7d549c602ebc5a3b49c508358f6ef |
| 200 | world_200.geojson | 354 | ef811868efee04b5ae7cfe23538091f1cfa75534ecfad14d754d9cc690b2d2c7 |
| 300 | world_300.geojson | 466 | 86e6a21cd7a26230184abc57ed042bd9264b569b76406f79ace8618d625b3297 |
| 400 | world_400.geojson | 367 | 3a3cf57e1d117e81b49b9344af49b73fec0674aa14e7d1d1f1d345d08f9ce1f7 |
| 500 | world_500.geojson | 205 | 06f7512efec9151b91b5967e8bee3e2dacf8c623e8719de8c64a996bec5ec2c1 |
| 600 | world_600.geojson | 204 | e8d285de5d4257c55158979e866191d13464abc74e3082fb5f2065b357beec7a |
| 700 | world_700.geojson | 253 | bb66ebee15e57f5d43b0ca524dd9a230651bb821e7e002882b1981a25fd42a38 |
| 800 | world_800.geojson | 225 | 9d046cdc4662109c3f803ae46e2c8cba941aa092ec86eccc7823e6cf1554920c |
| 900 | world_900.geojson | 244 | f483b93e799d6518830ed6da6c3772c49170872d0f07515981a53e71d8dbc74c |
| 1000 | world_1000.geojson | 264 | 2140776fd7888c1d4a30e8f6debdaf56192cdf49587f3b6bb67841930ca82d29 |
| 1100 | world_1100.geojson | 235 | 8b038ee5ec8f032d01a67293e7cf08b7bd3ed58e00defc06af9144e67e708a86 |
| 1200 | world_1200.geojson | 286 | 2d6913ecedb38e269e41d249c87874d81e3e8d7351754821f57e627442d91525 |
| 1279 | world_1279.geojson | 247 | 839f48f61d984dd58f70f312dfe626c3988d4d4822e78d68a123fd0784e852e2 |
| 1300 | world_1300.geojson | 237 | a27985e60d936611d7933f0c30f1b52c36ef4a17225dfac25fb96abe40fa496f |
| 1400 | world_1400.geojson | 233 | c6b0efcb42d9520a1a724f981373296e84ea2c0a0527de7a06f8f9e2465eb6ec |
| 1492 | world_1492.geojson | 1946 | b0e6b0f299fc7b191fd427547c83dec9808087d390304a37a32bc0357e97c1b8 |
| 1500 | world_1500.geojson | 291 | d01ffc9b80629787f13d2b1c2f881f005bc0164433548e30f5c058ddee0bfc7b |
| 1530 | world_1530.geojson | 494 | 984005809f085285a48318600e3a198274eb4679f5360ebfaead29da496e9f5b |
| 1600 | world_1600.geojson | 866 | 7285c07eeedfda9048de5354ea1744d327b07614085e9696c5802bb54c86849c |
| 1650 | world_1650.geojson | 778 | e691a3b5bab4ca7a0629daffaf8cd31731ee76ad390b19dffc1c267b139de4e2 |
| 1700 | world_1700.geojson | 782 | eb73d6b00e98205fb2082de050c35e4d698224b17849628d82584610186b88a4 |
| 1715 | world_1715.geojson | 758 | fdf5097dd21c30c9d7bfb1d5c2c2a11a5a39c397e6910116d7173580619f5b5a |
| 1783 | world_1783.geojson | 641 | 7cfa92418a8628dffa41e386394b86fb6f93310e449d8261990f6903160c1060 |
| 1800 | world_1800.geojson | 627 | 51fcb6b1f1c361956a3fc24a9c646844ff88754842aa113780428fb4abcd5f2c |
| 1815 | world_1815.geojson | 436 | fb654f734583f550904cfa45f361e395c1a488c4960050da2632cb2ac7d1cd1e |
| 1878 | world_1878.geojson | 239 | e792520cd24cfb77b117d41533a59b0a5b82fc53a291fff1549ddc73e7f9a8b2 |
| 1880 | world_1880.geojson | 236 | 4751e30d881d60d31479f5d016ff4d9c1df47e9bb18efaa3a5086601f68f76dc |
| 1900 | world_1900.geojson | 270 | 9c9221c851eaba4948e11b2a0b078e89239231f8c74df0dc321750ae234f10b5 |
| 1914 | world_1914.geojson | 177 | a99425f9486e2243835fdc75ad7d82e6ddf3c72fcef87a63429f3313d830cf19 |
| 1920 | world_1920.geojson | 205 | fce1c97dc6a6095594cbb7eb896ccd5ce8b2d72254e73a24148c0a4ea200849f |
| 1930 | world_1930.geojson | 200 | 5666e451125ceb0193532338bfecf6f403e1a4d7ff62f54fd560cafb0b0b1b61 |
| 1938 | world_1938.geojson | 254 | f2565926fed1b197227b7fe126934a43ed75b8fce007e38be72a7d21a415d813 |
| 1945 | world_1945.geojson | 227 | 3005839db7bcc5256d511b3abb01f1140c0cce245189bc5c28e7d557a47bc775 |
| 1960 | world_1960.geojson | 197 | 6067386755f8fc120a4fca44f198952a18da89cd062aa8013d5a0d08cbad8988 |
| 1994 | world_1994.geojson | 240 | 5369249d6b9d37d1cb799a87eb7f48783587f6c3b9e6d24de35ff58a4935c216 |
| 2000 | world_2000.geojson | 240 | 7de99c532c410c5175abba2d540ed3a21f526f85abb9db408eafef88b0b7fcb3 |
| 2010 | world_2010.geojson | 240 | d18dcbe41df5e68ec174e5f3887578142bf70fba72f56e204c9de5a8571ae0f4 |