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Group of realms · 1871–1939

French Third Republic

French Third Republic brings together several realms, from 1871 to 1939. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1920, its lands covered about 12.75 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 Third Republic on the map in 1920

Reference map: 5 fr French Third Republic - 1876
Reference map: 5 fr French Third Republic - 1876 Windrain · CC BY-SA 4.0
On the map
1871–1939
Greatest extent
1920, about 12.75 million km²
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Wikipedia: French Third Republic · Wikidata Q70802

Territory through time

YearsArea drawn
1871–18721.26 million km²
1873–18791.36 million km²
1880–18841.64 million km²
1885–18892.36 million km²
1890–18942.44 million km²
1895–18974.96 million km²
1898–18995.57 million km²
1900–19045.82 million km²
1905–190711.50 million km²
1908–191011.55 million km²
191111.47 million km²
1912–191411.81 million km²
191511.85 million km²
191612.63 million km²
191712.65 million km²
191812.63 million km²
191912.70 million km²
1920–192112.75 million km²
1922–192312.74 million km²
1924–192512.75 million km²
192612.75 million km²
1927–192912.75 million km²
1930–193112.74 million km²
1932–193512.73 million km²
1936–193712.73 million km²
193812.73 million km²
193912.73 million km²

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