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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Treaty of Nanking, Gadsden Purchase, Treaty of Nystad, Treaty of Frankfurt, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Constitution of the German Empire, Treaty of Turin, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Sino-British Joint Declaration, Treaty of Kiel, Treaty of New Echota, Mexican Cession, Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910, Treaty of 1818, Simla Agreement, Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, Treaty of Campo Formio, 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange, Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau, Treaties of Velasco, Treaty of Aigun, Treaty of Saint Petersburg, Treaty of Granada, Sugauli Treaty, Convention of Peking, Treaty of Titalia, Treaty of Simulambuco, Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods, Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory, Treaty of Constantinople, Treaty of Madrid, Treaty of Stockholm, Wanfried agreement, Treaty of Petropolis, Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae, Treaty of Wuchale, Treaty of Ancon, Treaty of El Pardo, First Treaty of San Ildefonso, Border Agreement between Poland and the USSR of 16 August 1945, Treaty of Dardanos, Karachi Agreement, Treaty of Frederiksborg, Madrid Protocol of 1885, Treaty of Torrellas, Treaty of the More, Treaty of Drohiczyn, Morocco-Congo Treaty, Treaty of Elche, Treaty of Managua, Treaty of Raalte. Excerpt: The Gadsden Purchase The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla, or Sale of La Mesilla, in Mexico) is a 29,670-square-mile (76,800 km) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time, on December 30, 1853. It was then ratified, with changes, by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 1854 and signed by President Franklin Pierce, with final approval action taken by Mexico on June 8, 1854. The purchase was the last maj...
