Maps of Herero (R.30)
African Ethnic Groups (Public Content)
Ethnic Groups of Africa
Map Creator: United States Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Created: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Source: Africa Ethnic Groups
Data Source: Murdock, G. P. 1959. Africa, Its Peoples and Their Culture History. McGraw Hill.
Usage Notes/Copyright Status: This work is in the public domain in the United States under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
Date Created: 1996
Map Description:
This map displays the ethnic groups of Africa as researched by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in 1996. Areas with large populations of two or more major ethnic groups have been represented with one feature being superimposed over the other as represented by the Shared Areas layer.
Please note that the classification presented does not reflect current scholarly consensus.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).
Linguistic Differentiation among Bantu Groups in Southern Africa (Newman)
Linguistic differentiation among Bantu groups in southern Africa ca. 1500
Map Creator:
James L. Newman
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 188.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
On this map, large language groups in southern Africa circa 1500 are shown, along with the names of some of the different groups that comprised them. Archaeological evidence from the cities located on the map indicate that throughout this period, trade and conquest had resulted in most groups becoming acquainted with Europeans (especially the Portuguese) and these foreign contacts greatly influenced the fate of most of these language group-states; for example, European trade with the Khoikhoi resulted in the decline of the Herero state, and colonial tactics of turning groups against one another saw to the fall of several other important powers (Newman 1995: 186-188).
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 188.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
On this map, large language groups in southern Africa circa 1500 are shown, along with the names of some of the different groups that comprised them. Archaeological evidence from the cities located on the map indicate that throughout this period, trade and conquest had resulted in most groups becoming acquainted with Europeans (especially the Portuguese) and these foreign contacts greatly influenced the fate of most of these language group-states; for example, European trade with the Khoikhoi resulted in the decline of the Herero state, and colonial tactics of turning groups against one another saw to the fall of several other important powers (Newman 1995: 186-188).
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Northern North America: Iroquoian: Time of Contact
Iroquoian in Northern North America at the Time of Contact
Data Sources:
Golla, Victor, Ives Goddard, Lyle Camplbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2007. North America. In R. E. Asher & Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages. 41. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Digitized: May 2010.
Map Description:
The polygons represent areas where Iroquoian languages were spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded.
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder, "Northern North America: Time of Contact", contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups at the time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture. In addition, the folder "North America: Time of Contact" contains a map showing the southern distribution of Iroquoian languages at the time of contact.
Golla, Victor, Ives Goddard, Lyle Camplbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2007. North America. In R. E. Asher & Christopher Moseley (eds.), Atlas of the World's Languages. 41. Oxford: Routledge.
Date Digitized: May 2010.
Map Description:
The polygons represent areas where Iroquoian languages were spoken when they were first encountered and knowledge of them was recorded.
This original map was made by vectorizing data from the MultiTree language database and the Atlas of the World's Languages.
Other resources related to this project:
This folder, "Northern North America: Time of Contact", contains other maps showing linguistic subgroups at the time of contact. The maps may be overlaid on each other for a more complete picture. In addition, the folder "North America: Time of Contact" contains a map showing the southern distribution of Iroquoian languages at the time of contact.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. Color selections used in this map are advised by ColorBrewer.
Peoples, States and Cities in southern Africa from 1725-1775 (Ehret)
Peoples, states and cities in the southern half of Africa, ca. 1725-1775
Map Creator:
Christopher Ehret
Source: 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 430.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the important groups and locations in southern Africa from 1725-1775, including European colonies and African empires. At this time, the European slave trade was in full swing. Some African groups still resisted European colonization, and it was not long after this period that the first successful slave rebellion occurred in what is now Haiti, resulting in the formation of that country.
Source: 2002. The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 430.
Date Created: 2002.
Map Description:
This map displays the important groups and locations in southern Africa from 1725-1775, including European colonies and African empires. At this time, the European slave trade was in full swing. Some African groups still resisted European colonization, and it was not long after this period that the first successful slave rebellion occurred in what is now Haiti, resulting in the formation of that country.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).