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French Louisiana

1699 – 1763
ColonyNorth America

Iberville's Gulf foothold, grown into the lower Mississippi colony of New Orleans.

Partitioned 1762-63: New Orleans and the west bank secretly to Spain, the east bank to Britain.

Borders in 1718 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for French Louisiana — the shape you scrub through changes in 1699 · 1718.

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