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2025-03-13 12:22:52 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Map wrongly shows modern US states and falsely includes Canada’s western provinces as US territory. BC to Manitoba was British-controlled, and Canada itself didn’t exist—just separate British colonies. Alaska was RU territory, and Oklahoma, Indian Territory. https://mapsofantiquity.com/products/usa457-map-of-the-united-states-and-territories-shewing-the-extent-of-public-surveys-and-other-details-constructed-from-the-plats-and-official-sources-of-the-general-land-office-general-land-office-1866?srsltid=AfmBOooROvrSoYXaEG1JjQ2U8JbWHSEFCyNtssUfyhAbFoPsTFdxdLsu https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_1865-1866.png https://omniatlas.com/maps/north-america/18660122/plain/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/confederation

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• Map wrongly shows modern US states and falsely includes Canada’s western provinces as US territory. BC to Manitoba was British-controlled, and Canada itself didn’t exist—just separate British colonies. Alaska was RU territory, and Oklahoma, Indian Territory. https://mapsofantiquity.com/products/usa457-map-of-the-united-states-and-territories-shewing-the-extent-of-public-surveys-and-other-details-constructed-from-the-plats-and-official-sources-of-the-general-land-office-general-land-office-1866?srsltid=AfmBOooROvrSoYXaEG1JjQ2U8JbWHSEFCyNtssUfyhAbFoPsTFdxdLsu https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_1865-1866.png https://omniatlas.com/maps/north-america/18660122/plain/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/confederation