// Modern era
British Gold Coast
- Period
- AD 1873 – AD 1960
- Duration
- approx. 87 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1942
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.2 million km²
Period and duration
British Gold Coast — according to the map data from AD 1873 to AD 1960, roughly 87 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
British Gold Coast — greatest extent around AD 1942: the mapped borders then cover about 1.2 million km², roughly 0.8% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1872)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Ashanti Empire
After
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Ghana
Neighbours around AD 1942
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- British Empire
- United States of America
- Vichy France
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Belgian Congo
- Estado Novo
- British Colonial Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1942 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- British Gold Coast on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.