List of territory purchased by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation
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This is a list of purchases of territory by a sovereign nation from another sovereign nation.
Territory | Purchased by | Purchased from | Cost | Year | Area | Cost/Area | Agreement (article) |
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Isle of Man, Hebrides, Kintyre and islands of the Firth of Clyde[1][2] | ![]() |
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4,000 marks sterling, 100 mark annuity | 1266 | ~8,000 km² | ~0.5 marks sterling/km² | Treaty of Perth |
Dunkirk and Fort-Mardyck[3] | ![]() |
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5,000,000 livres | 1662 | ~44 km² | ~113,500 livres/km² | Sale of Dunkirk |
Estonia, Livonia, Ingria, and Southeast Finland (Kexholmslän and part of Karelian Isthmus)[4][5] | ![]() |
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2,000,000 silver Swedish riksdaler | 1721 | ~100,000 km² | ~2,000 Riksdaler/km² | Treaty of Nystad |
Saint Croix[6][7] | ![]() |
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750,000 livres | 1733 | 210 km² | 3571 livres/km² | |
Louisiana[8] | ![]() |
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$15,000,000 USD | 1803 | 2,140,000 km² | 7 USD/km² | Louisiana Purchase |
Florida[9] | ![]() |
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$5,000,000 USD | 1819 | ~200,000 km² | ~5 USD/km² | Adams–Onís Treaty |
Singapore[10] | ![]() |
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$60,000 Spanish dollars[11] | 1824 | 728 km² | ~82 Spanish dollars/km² | |
Tranquebar, Serampore, and other continental holdings of Danish India[12] | ![]() |
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125,000 GBP or 1,125,000 Danish krone | 1845 | ~44 km² | ~2840 GBP/km² or ~25,600 Kr/km² | |
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona | ![]() |
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$18,250,000 USD | 1848 | 1,360,000 km² | 13.4 USD/km² | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
Arizona (southern)[13] | ![]() |
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$10,000,000 USD | 1853 | 76,800 km² | 130 USD/km² | Gadsden Purchase |
New Mexico (southwestern)[13] | |||||||
Danish Gold Coast[12] | ![]() |
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10,000 GBP | 1850 | ~12,000 km² | ~1.2 GBP/km² | |
Saxe-Lauenburg[14] | ![]() |
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2,500,000 Danish rigsdaler[15] | 1865 | 1,000 km² | 2,500 Rigsdaler/km² | Gastein Convention |
Alaska[16] | ![]() |
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$7,200,000 USD | 1867 | 1,717,856 km² | 4 USD/km² | Alaska Purchase |
Dutch Gold Coast[17] | ![]() |
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46,939.62 Dutch guilders | 1872 | Anglo-Dutch Treaties of 1870–1871 | ||
Saint-Barthélemy[18] | ![]() |
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320,000 French francs | 1878 | 21,24 km² | 15 Francs/km² | |
Philippines | ![]() |
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$20,000,000 USD | 1898 | 300,000 km² | 20 USD/km² | Treaty of Paris |
Caroline Islands[19] | ![]() |
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25,000,000 ESP | 1899 | 1,160 km² | 21,551 ESP/km² | German–Spanish Treaty |
Palau[19] | |||||||
Mariana Islands[19] | |||||||
Cagayan Sulu and Sibutu | ![]() |
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$100,000 USD | 1900 | 467 km² | 214 USD/km² | Treaty of Washington |
United States Virgin Islands[20] | ![]() |
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$25,000,000 USD | 1916 | 400 km² | 62,500 USD/km² | Treaty of the Danish West Indies |
Jäniskoski-Niskakoski territory[21][22] | ![]() |
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700,000,000 FIM | 1947 | 176 km² | 700 FIM/km² | |
Gwadar[23][24] | ![]() |
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5,500,000,000 PKR | 1958 | 265 km² | 20,754,716 PKR/km² | |
Elten, Selfkant, and Suderwick | ![]() |
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280 million DM | 1963 | 69 km² | 4.1 million DM/km² | Ausgleichsvertrag |
References[]
- ^ Lustig, Richard I. (1979). "The Treaty of Perth: A Re-Examination". The Scottish Historical Review. jstor.org. 58 (165): 35–57. JSTOR 25529318.
- ^ "Agreement between Magnus IV and Alexander III, 1266". isle-of-man.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Grose, Clyde L. (March 1933). "The Dunkirk Money, 1662". The Journal of Modern History. The University of Chicago Press. 5 (1): 5. JSTOR 1872278.
- ^ Russian: РГАДА. Рукописный отдел библиотеки Московской Синодальной типографии. Фонд 381, ед.хр.805. Л.6. Original handwritten text of the Treaty of Nystad in Russian
- ^ (in Russian) Ништадтский мирный договор между Россией и Швецией, 30 августа 1721 г. Text of the Treaty of Nystad in Russian
- ^ "Saint Croix, Virgin Islands: Facts & History". Vinow.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Westergaard, Waldemar (1917). The Danish West Indies Under Company Rule (1671–1754). New York: The Macmillan Company. pp. 206–209, 222–225, 235, 243.
- ^ "Louisiana Purchase, 1803". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- ^ "Acquisition of Florida: Treaty of Adams-Onis (1819) and Transcontinental Treaty (1821)". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- ^ Mundi, Jus. "Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between the Honourable East India Company, and the Sultan and the Temenggong of Johore (1824)". jusmundi.com. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ "1824 Treaty of Friendship and Alliance | Infopedia". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 2021-03-14.
- ^ a b "The english purchasse of the danish possessions in the East and Africa, in 1845 and 1850". Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire. 21 (93): 1–74. 1933. doi:10.3406/outre.1933.2853.
- ^ a b "Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- ^ "Herzogtum Lauenburg County (Germany)". CRW flags.
- ^ (Hrsg.): Handbuch der preußischen Geschichte. Band 2: Das 19. Jahrhundert und große Themen der Geschichte Preußens. Verlag De Gruyter, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-11-008322-1, S. 340 books.google
- ^ "Purchase of Alaska, 1867". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs.
- ^ ADHIN, J. H. (1961). "DE IMMIGRATIE VAN HINDOSTANEN EN DE AFSTAND VAN DE GOUDKUST". Nieuwe West-Indische Gids / New West Indian Guide. 41: 4–13. ISSN 0028-9930.
- ^ "History of St. Barthelemy Island". Wimco. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ a b c "Venta a Alemania "las islas Carolinas, las Palaos y Islas Marianas"". Contactar con el administrador de esta comunidad.
- ^ "Purchase of the United States Virgin Islands, 1917". U.S. Department of State. 2008-07-21.
- ^ Asetus Jäniskosken ja Niskakosken alueen liittämisestä Neuvostoliiton alueeseen sekä Suomessa olevien, Neuvostoliitolle siirtyneiden entisten saksalaisten rahavarojen käytöstä tehtyjen sopimusten voimaansaattamisesta. 9/1947, Valtiosopimukset, Finlex (in Finnish)
- ^ Kosonen, Matti & Pohjonen, Juha: Isänmaan portinvartijat: Suomen rajojen vartiointi 1918-1994, s. 343-345. Rajavartiolaitoksen julkaisu. Helsinki: Otava, 1994. ISBN 951-1-13106-0. (in Finnish)
- ^ "Gwadar Port finally becomes functional". The News.
- ^ "About Gwadar". Jamal City Gwadar.
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