The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of …

2025年1月8日 · Louisiana Purchase, western half of the Mississippi River basin purchased in 1803 from France by the United States. The purchase doubled the size of the United States, greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically, and provided a powerful impetus to westward expansion.

2024年10月30日 · This map illustrates the geo-political situation in North America after The Louisiana Purchase - the 1803 acquisition by the United States of 828,000 square miles (2,144,000 square km) of French territory west of the Mississippi River.

2017年12月5日 · The map below shows the United States of America before Louisiana was purchased in 1803. The purchase of Louisiana almost doubled the original area of the U.S. The purchase included: Large parts of states North Dakota and South Dakota. The area of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide.

Note that with the addition of the Louisiana Territory the United States practically doubled in size.

Description: A map of the United States showing the extent of the country prior to, and after the Louisiana Purchase from France in 1803.

Wall maps. Relief shown by hachures. "On each map is a brief history of the period shown." "Copyright James McConnell"--On most maps. Publication date inferred from rubber-stamped date: Feb. 17, 1919. Sheet edges mounted on cloth backing. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Some maps include inset.

Map of A map of the Louisiana territory purchased from France in 1803, and the boundary established with the western Spanish territory by the purchase. The map overlays the current State boundaries to show the extent of the territory.

The map shows the natural boundaries and extent of the original Louisiana Territory claimed by the French, the portion ceded to Britain in 1763, the portion ceded to the United States in 1782, the portion purchased by the United States in 1803, and the portion ceded to Great Britain along the Canadian border in 1818.

2022年9月2日 · Know about the Louisiana Purchase with help of map, Adams-Onís Treaty, how much it cost, reasons for the purchase, whether it was a legal sale and more.