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Yup, sorry. :) From en:Louisiana (New France): "Explored under the reign of Louis XIV of France and named by Robert Cavelier de La Salle in his honor in 1682, Louisiana was not greatly developed due to a lack of human and financial resources. The French defeat in the Seven Years' War ended with France being forced to cede the eastern part of territory in 1763 to the victorious British, and the western part to Spain as compensation for that country's loss of Florida. France regained sovereignty of the western territory in a secret treaty with Spain, but Napoleon Bonaparte decided to sell the territory to the United States in 1803, ending France's presence in Louisiana."
So, France lost Louisiana to Spain, but got it back, then sold it to the USA. Unfortunately, the map at present doesn't show all of these little changes, it just switches from Spain to France with little warning. --Golbez 13:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
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