Map Description
History Map of North America
1670-1867
Illustrating Territorial Possessions
North
West Territory
Hudson's Bay Territory
Upper Canada 1791
Lower Canada 1791
Newfoundland
Greenland
Danish
Alaska
Russian 1741
Russian 1822
Purchased by USA 1867
St Pierre & Miquelon
French 1814
United States
Original 13 states
Ceded by Treaty 1783 & acquired during
American
Revolution
West Florida
Seized from Spain in 1810, 1813
Florida
British 1763-1783
Spanish 1783-1819
Annexed by U.S. 1819-1821
The Bahamas
British 1670
Territory north and south of
Forty-Ninth Parallel of North Latitude
Ceded by Britain 1818 (Red River Basin)
Ceded to Britain 1818
Louisiana
Purchased from France 1803 (
Louisiana Purchase)
Oregon Country
Joint U.S.A. & British occupation 1818-1846
Ceded to Great Britain 1846 (north of 49th parallel)
California
Independent 1845
Ceded to U.S. 1848 (
About the Mexican-American War)
Mexico
Spanish
Independent 1821
Texas
Independent 1836 (
About the Texas Revolution)
Annexed by U.S. 1845 (
About the Treaty
of Guadalupe Hidalgo)
Mesilla Strip
Sold to U.S. by
Gadsden Purchase
1853
Credits
Copyright 1973 Geographical
Projects Limited, from the Atlas of Discovery, Aldus Books
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