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United States historic territory acquisitions. Thirteen Colonies, Louisiana Purchase, British and Spanish Cession, ect.

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[edit] Errors on the map

This map uses incorrect terms in that Great Britain didn't exist as a political entity in 1818 or 1846, having been superseded by the United Kingdom following the Act of Union with Ireland in 1801. Hewstep 20:08, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Licensing

This map was obtained from an edition of the National Atlas of the United States. Like almost all works of the U.S. federal government, works from the National Atlas are in the public domain.
Online access: NationalAtlas.gov | 1970 print edition: Library of Congress, Perry-Castañeda Library

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	07:29, 19 February 2006	1,550×1,051 (1.24 MB)	Aude	(United States historic territory acquisitions Source: [http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ USGS National Atlas] Text labels modified (increased size), cropped, and converted to svg format by User:Kmf164)