Realm · 1846–1957
French Africa
French Africa appears on the map from 1846 to 1957. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1945, it covered about 11.67 million km².
One of the realms of French Colonial Empire. France's first colonial empire began with Jacques Cartier's voyages to the St Lawrence in 1534 and grew into New France, a vast fur-trading realm reaching down the Mississippi to Louisiana, plus rich sugar islands such as Saint-Domingue worked by enslaved Africans. Defeat by Britain in 1763 cost Canada and most of India, the Haitian Revolution freed Saint-Domingue, and Napoleon sold Louisiana in 1803.
See French Africa on the map in 1945
- On the map
- 1846–1957
- Greatest extent
- 1945, about 11.67 million km²
- Part of
- Bourbon Kingdom of France, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic, Vichy France, French Fourth Republic
- Read more
- Wikipedia: French Africa · Wikidata Q19951607
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1846–1847 | 19,414 km² |
| 1848 | 231,289 km² |
| 1849–1852 | 235,910 km² |
| 1853–1855 | 238,614 km² |
| 1856–1858 | 239,600 km² |
| 1859 | 263,831 km² |
| 1860–1869 | 282,889 km² |
| 1870 | 527,200 km² |
| 1871–1879 | 527,200 km² |
| 1880–1884 | 805,388 km² |
| 1885–1889 | 1.29 million km² |
| 1890–1894 | 1.33 million km² |
| 1895–1897 | 3.63 million km² |
| 1898–1899 | 4.25 million km² |
| 1900–1904 | 4.49 million km² |
| 1905–1910 | 10.13 million km² |
| 1911 | 10.05 million km² |
| 1912–1914 | 10.39 million km² |
| 1915 | 10.46 million km² |
| 1916 | 11.24 million km² |
| 1917 | 11.26 million km² |
| 1918–1919 | 11.24 million km² |
| 1920–1921 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1922–1923 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1924–1925 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1926–1929 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1930–1931 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1932–1935 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1936–1939 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1940 | 9.44 million km² |
| 1941 | 8.74 million km² |
| 1942 | 8.72 million km² |
| 1943 | 11.07 million km² |
| 1944 | 11.67 million km² |
| 1945 | 11.67 million km² |
| 1946–1952 | 11.67 million km² |
| 1953–1955 | 11.10 million km² |
| 1956–1957 | 10.58 million km² |
Related
- French Colonial Empire empire
- Second World War 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945