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New France

Map of New France in sepia color. There is a compass rose to indicate the cardinal points.

Source: Toronto Public Library, Baldwin Collection of Canadiana, 970-02-C34-004-MAP

The French colonial territories in North America constituted New France from 1534 until the Treaty of Paris in 1763.

This treaty put an end to the Seven Years War between France, Spain and Great Britain. New France then became a British possession and changed its name to Province of Quebec.