Reign of Charles IV of Spain. Cession of the territories of Louisiana from the Kingdom of Spain to Napoleon Bonaparte's France, as a result of the Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1803. Louisiana was returned to France because of Napoleon's influence. Engraving. Historia del Levantamiento, guerra y revolución de España by the Conde de Toreno. Madrid, 1851.

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