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Historical Maps

Map of Barbary (1767)

[author: Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet (1729-1790), Géographie moderne ave une introduction, París, chez Mondhare, 1767, 1e édition, p. 61, excerpt] [in French]

 

Map of Barbary containing the Kingdoms of Marocco, Fez, Algier, Tunis and Tripoli (1774)

[author: Samuel Dunn, A map of Barbary containing the Kingdoms of Marocco, Fez, Algier, Tunis and Tripoli with the adjacent countries, at Robert Sayer, London, 1774]

 

New map of Africa [fragment: Nort-West Africa (1829)

[author: L.H. Berthe, Nouvelle carte d'Afrique rédigée d'après les itineraires et les voyages les plus récents. Présentée à l'Academie par L. H. Berthe, Graveur - Editeur, Paris, 1829] [in French]

 

Map of Morocco (1844)

[in French] [author: Émilien Renou, Carte de l'Empire de Maroc, Paris, 1844 ;engraved by L. Bouffart]

 

Map of Morocco (1859)

[author: J.M. Torres, Carta geográfica del Imperio de Marruecos. Formulada y litografiada con arreglo a los mejores datos, La Discusión, Madrid, 1859] [in Spanish]

 

Map of the Trans-Saharan railway (1879)

 [in French] [alleged author: Paul Soleillet]

 

Map of the Western Sahara (1880)

[in French] [author: Émile Masqueray (1843-1894), following the information provided by three pilgrims from Adrar]

 

Map of the peninsule of Río de Oro (1882)

[in Spanish] [author: Cartographic service of the Spanish Marine]

 

Map on the political and military situation of Morrocco (April 1885)

[in Spanish] [author: Julio Cervera y Baviera, Observaciones militares, políticas y geográficas sobre Marruecos hechas durante mi expedición al interior y costas del imperio en el año 1884, p. 208 of the manuscript]

 

Map of the African western coast. Map of the coast between cape Bojador and cape Blanco followint the latest national and foreign data (1885)

[in Spanish] [author: Emilio Bonelli Hernando

 

Map of the Western Sahara (1887)

[in Spanish] [author: anonymous]

 

Map of caravan routes in Western Sahara (1888)

[in French] [author: Charles Soller, Société de Géographie Commerciale de Paris]

 

Map of the Spanish possession Río de Oro (Western Sahara) (1900)

[in Spanish] [author: Deposito de la Guerra]

 

Map of Sahara and Southern Morocco territories (ca. 1900)

[in Spanish] [author: Delegación de Asuntos Indígenas, Servicio de Información]

 

Map of Morocco (1901?)

[in Spanish] [author: Sociedad General de Publicaciones]

 

Map of Spain's Posesiones in Africa" (1903)

[in Spanish] [author: Benito Chías y Carbó]

 

Map of Morocco (1906)

[in German] [author: Karl Langenbucher]

 

Map of Western Sahara regions (1912)

[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

 

Map of the Spanish Sahara, Ifni and the neighbouring regions of the French zone on Southern Morocco and Mauritania (1930)

[in Spanish] [author: anonymous]

 

Map of the Spanish Sahara and Ifni (1934)

[in Spanish] [author: Carmelo Medrano ; drawing by J. Otero y Areal]

 

Map of Morocco and Western Sahara : Spain sovereignty and protectorate Spain's zones (1935)

[in Spanish] [author: Presidencia Consejo Ministros, Secretaría Técnica de Marruecos]

 

Map of sovereignty and protectorate Spain's zones in Morocco and Western Sahara (ca. 1940)

[author: Delegación de Asuntos Indígenas, Servicio de Información de Prensa y publicaciones] [in Spanish]

 

Physical map of Spanish Sahara (1948-1949)

[author: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército]
Northern Zone: Saguia El Hamra, Tarfaya region and Southern Morocco (1949) [in Spanish]
Southern Zone: Río de Oro (1948) [in Spanish]

 

Map of the Spanish Western Africa and the Archipel of the Canary (1951)

[in Spanish] [author: Army cartographic service]

 

Map of Sahara war : "Teide" and "Écouvillon" operations (1958)

[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

 

"Greater Morocco" map

[also in Spanish and French]

 

Map ot the Western Sahara tribes (1974)

Map of the Western Sahara tribal composition following the 1974 Spanish census
[in Spanish] [author: Servicio de Registro de la Población, Censo y Estadística - Gobierno General del Sahara]

 

Map of  the Western Sahara tribes

[in Hungaraian] [author: János Besenyő]

 

Map of El Aaiun (1975-1977)

[in Spanish] [author: B. Álvarez Muñoz] [source]

 

Map of Villa Cisneros (1975)

[in Spanish] [author and source: Aser Queipo Pajares, Yo también viví en Villa Cisneros, La fábrica de libros, 2016, p. 34]

 

Map of the Moroccan bombardments against Sahrawi civil populations  (1976)

[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

 

Map of the division of Western Sahara between Morocco and Mauritania (1976)

[in French] [author: Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture]

 

Map of the Western Sahara partition (1976)

as established in the Treaty between Morocco in Mauritania, date 14 April 1976
[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

Map of Moroccan-Mauritanian borders (1976)

as established in the Treaty between Morocco in Mauritania, date 14 April 1976
[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

 

Historical map ot the war of the Western Sahara (1975-1991)

[in Hungarian] [author: János Besenyő]

 

Map of the Mauritanian railway (2010)

[source: Wikimedia commons]

 

Legal-Historical-Military map of Western Sahara (2016)

[in Spanish] [authors: Sebastián Rozas and Roberto Barral]

 

Legal-Historical-Military map of the invasion of Western Sahara (2019)

[in Spanish] [authors: Sebastián Rozas, Roberto Barral and Yolanda Blanco]

 

Map of the walls built by Morocco to divide the Western Sahara (2019)

[author: Saleh Lehbib] [see the wall invading Mauritania's territory]

 

Map of the Guerguerat area and the developements of the Guerguerat crisis (2017-2019)

[author: Elli Lorz] [source] [English edition permission granted by the Author for CESO-USC]

 

Map of the violations by Morocco of the Military Agreement n. 1 in Guerguerat (2001-2020)

[author: Elli Lorz] [source] [English edition permission granted by the Author for CESO-USC]

 

Map with satellite images on the evolution of the illegal Moroccan customs office in Guerguerat (2005-2012-2019)

 [author: Elli Lorz] [Permission granted by the Author for CESO-USC]

 

Map of the new wall built by Morocco in Guerguerat (2021)

[author: Saleh Lehbib, for publication by CESO-USC]

 

Map of Moroccan military drone attacks against the Frente Polisario (2023)

[author: The Intercept]

United Nations Maps

World map

World map, by United Nations (2013)

 

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Africa map

Africa map, by United Nations (2011) [in English] [in French]

 

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Non Autonomous Territories and colonies map

Map of Non-Autonomous Territories in the world, by United Nations (2016) [in English] [in French]

 

Map of the colonial rule and independence in Africa, by UNHCR

 

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North Africa map

North Africa Atlas map, by UNHCR (2007)

 

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Western Sahara maps

Spanish Sahara map, by United Nations (1975)

 

Western Sahara map, by United Nations [2012] [2022]

 

Western Sahara map, after the partition of the Territory between Morocco in Mauritania (1976) [in French]

 

Western Sahara map, with the dividing wall (berm) built by Morocco, by the High Commissioner of United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR) (2006)

[see how the Moroccan wall invades the territory of Mauritania]

 

Map of the military deployment of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) (2007)

[see how the Moroccan wall invades the territory of Mauritania]

 

Map of the military deployment of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) (2007)

[with the Moroccan wall invades the territory of Mauritania]

 

Map of the Sahrawi Refugee camps in Algeria, by the UNHCR (2004)

 

 

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Morocco map

by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Cartographic Section of the United Nations (2005)

by the UNHCR (2005)

Other Maps

Map of Western Sahara locations

[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

 

Political map of North-West Africa

 

Physical map of Western Sahara

 

Map of MINURSO deployment

[in Spanish] [author: Saleh Lehbib] (2021)

 

Map of the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria)

[in Spanish] [author: Carlos Ruiz Miguel]

 

Physical and political map of Ifni and the Spanish Sahara

[in Spanish] [By the Spanish Army Geographical Service] (1960, 4. ed)

 

Maps of the boundaries of the Spanish Sahara

[By the United States. Department of State. Office of the Geographer - United States. Central Intelligence Agency] (1968)

Morocco-Spanish Sahara boundary [35368 - 8-61]

Algeria-Spanish Sahara boundary [59041 7-68]

Mauritania-Spanish Sahara boundary [502280 11-74]

 

Physical and political map of Western Sahara

[in Arabic] [in Hungarian]

 

Coastal map of the Spanish protectorate from Cape Bojador to Cape Blanc

[in German]

 

Map of the Rio de Oro peninsula

[in German]

 

Map of La Güera and Nouadhibou

[in French] [By the Institut Géographique National] (1969)

 

Map of the Tarfaya region

[in Hungarian]

 

Map of the Maritime zones of Western Sahara

Map of Maritime zones of Western Sahara, [author: Saleh Lehbib] (2019)

 

 Map of the new wall in Southern Morocco

[in Spanish] [author: Saleh Lehbib] (2019)
The contents of this page were updated on 06.07.2024.