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Map Description
Historical Map of the
Territorial Expansion of the United States since 1803.
Insets: Alaska. Hawaii. Guam. Samoa Islands. Wake Island. Midway
Island. Porto Rico. The Philippine Islands.
Please note: There is a mistake with West Florida and
East Florida.
West
Florida is shown to reach from the Mississippi River to the
Perdido River. Actually,
it reached from the Mississippi River all the way to the
Apalachicola River. Here is more
about the acquisition of
West Florida.
Credits
University of Texas at Austin.
Historical Atlas by William Shepherd (1911).
Related Links
About the Louisiana Purchase, 1803
About the Alaska Purchase 1867
About the Treaty of Paris, 1898
About World War II
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