Realm · 1871–1939
French Third Republic
French Third Republic appears on the map from 1871 to 1939. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1919, it covered about 673,774 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 1919
- On the map
- 1871–1939
- Greatest extent
- 1919, about 673,774 km²
- Part of
- French Third Republic
- Read more
- Wikipedia: French Third Republic · Wikidata Q70802
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1871–1872 | 525,415 km² |
| 1873–1914 | 628,747 km² |
| 1915 | 602,699 km² |
| 1916 | 602,104 km² |
| 1917 | 605,557 km² |
| 1918 | 605,272 km² |
| 1919–1923 | 673,774 km² |
| 1924–1925 | 661,398 km² |
| 1926–1929 | 662,459 km² |
| 1930–1931 | 647,746 km² |
| 1932–1935 | 644,549 km² |
| 1936–1937 | 644,287 km² |
| 1938 | 644,193 km² |
| 1939 | 644,193 km² |
Related
- French Colonial Empire empire
- The world in 1880: Steam, Rail and Empire chapter
- The world in 1900: Dawn of a New Century chapter
- The world in 1914: The World Goes to War chapter
- The world in 1920: A Peace of Exhaustion chapter
- The world in 1930: The Great Depression Begins chapter
- The world in 1938: The Road to War chapter