Collection Items
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MapLouisiana. From: Carey's General atlas of the world and quarters. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Carey, Mathew
- Date: 1814-01-01
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MapMissouri territory formerly Louisiana. Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Carey, Mathew
- Date: 1814-01-01
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MapMissouri territory formerly Louisiana. Shows boundaries of Missouri Territory depicted differently from other copies (42nd and 49th parallels) Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Carey, Mathew
- Date: 1814-01-01
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ArticleA Question of Boundaries French and American representatives faced a vexing issue when they met in Paris in April 1803 to negotiate a treaty by which the United States would purchase the province of Louisiana from France. Since most of the territory to be exchanged had never been explored, surveyed, or mapped by any European nation or the United States, the negotiators were unable to include within the...
- Date: 1803
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PDFLouisiana: European Explorations and the Louisiana Purchase LOUISIANA: EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS AND THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM THE GEOGRAPHY AND MAP DIVISION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Table of Contents A Brief History of Louisiana to 1812 A Question of Boundaries European Explorations and Encounters Early Spanish Interests French Canada Explores the Mississippi River Valley Louisiana as a French Colony Difficult Early Years of the Colony Bienville and the Founding...
- Contributor: Geography and Map Division
- Date: 1803