Realm · 1609–1791
New France
New France appears on the map from 1609 to 1791. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1757, it covered about 249,127 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 New France on the map in 1757
- On the map
- 1609–1791
- Greatest extent
- 1757, about 249,127 km²
- Part of
- Kingdom of France
- Read more
- Wikipedia: New France · Wikidata Q170604
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1609–1611 | 2,509 km² |
| 1612–1625 | 17,818 km² |
| 1626–1628 | 3,997 km² |
| 1629–1631 | 222 km² |
| 1632–1635 | 17,556 km² |
| 1636–1639 | 21,271 km² |
| 1640–1641 | 21,431 km² |
| 1642–1644 | 29,462 km² |
| 1645–1652 | 32,000 km² |
| 1653–1658 | 33,308 km² |
| 1659–1661 | 23,422 km² |
| 1662–1669 | 24,447 km² |
| 1670–1672 | 69,711 km² |
| 1673–1676 | 95,431 km² |
| 1677–1682 | 104,037 km² |
| 1683–1686 | 114,428 km² |
| 1687–1690 | 123,462 km² |
| 1691–1695 | 121,670 km² |
| 1696–1699 | 124,992 km² |
| 1700–1701 | 140,655 km² |
| 1702–1705 | 149,488 km² |
| 1706–1712 | 149,766 km² |
| 1713–1717 | 147,050 km² |
| 1718–1720 | 163,311 km² |
| 1721–1726 | 200,225 km² |
| 1727–1733 | 203,655 km² |
| 1734–1737 | 234,949 km² |
| 1738–1740 | 242,709 km² |
| 1741–1743 | 245,435 km² |
| 1744–1751 | 247,125 km² |
| 1752–1756 | 244,438 km² |
| 1757–1761 | 249,127 km² |
| 1762 | 118,567 km² |
| 1763–1779 | 90,905 km² |
| 1780–1782 | 61,610 km² |
| 1783–1790 | 77,260 km² |
| 1791 | 439 km² |
Related
- French Colonial Empire empire