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Map of major world powers by year, derived from public domain animated map on wikipedia.

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Date 22 March 2007

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Author ArdadN

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:55, 17 March 2022	1,799 × 789 (144 KB)	M.Bitton	per https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Graphic_Lab/Map_workshop&oldid=640501111#Wrong_borders
	12:27, 4 October 2020	1,799 × 789 (460 KB)	Ориенталист	quality
	09:30, 5 April 2020	1,200 × 526 (263 KB)	Ориенталист	cosmetic changes
	14:47, 27 March 2020	1,799 × 789 (532 KB)	Ориенталист	Clarified the territory of Russia. By 1754, the north of Siberia had already been explored
	20:44, 2 November 2017	1,425 × 625 (71 KB)	Alvin Lee	According to the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689, Outer Manchuria was the territory of China (Qing Dynasty), not Russia. Russia got Outer Manchuria after Treaty of Aigun of 1858.
	20:30, 2 November 2017	1,425 × 625 (47 KB)	Alvin Lee	I am changing the ancient boarder of Qing dynasty and Russia, not the modern boarder
	15:35, 14 February 2017	1,425 × 625 (43 KB)	Fentener van Vlissingen	Reverted to version as of 23:29, 27 June 2012 (UTC) that edit did not change the borders between Russia and China and re-added errors fixed in previous version
	00:35, 3 August 2014	1,425 × 625 (47 KB)	Alvin Lee	Correcting the boundaries of Russia and China
	23:29, 27 June 2012	1,425 × 625 (43 KB)	Fentener van Vlissingen	There are still many things wrong with this map, but I corrected the most blatant errors: right shade of Orange for Demerara, Essequibo, Berbice, added Dutch Gold Coast, Dutch Malabar, Dutch Coromandel, Dutch Bengal. European presence in Africa and Ind...
	21:27, 23 January 2011	1,425 × 625 (66 KB)	Micsha~commonswiki	Reverted to version as of 13:52, 29 April 2010