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Maps   North America Political Boundries in 1803 French Explorations of the Louisiana Territory, 1672-1743 Spanish Explorations of the Louisiana Territory, 1720-1793 A 1735 Map Showing the Missouri River on a Straight Course West Nicolas de Finiels’ Map of Missouri River, 1798 Samuel Lewis’ Map of Northwestern North America, 1804 Arrowsmith’s 1802 Map of North America King’s 1803 Map of North America Mackenzie Route from Fort Chipewyan to the Pacific Ocean, 1793 Jonathan Carver’s Map of North America, 1778 Map of Louisiana by du Pratz, 1757 Thomson’s Map of the Big Bend, 1798	French Explorations of the Louisiana Territory, 1672-1743 French Explorations of the Louisiana Territory, 1672-1743 This map displays French explorations of the Louisiana Territory, 1672-1743. During the 1600s French explorers came down the St. Lawrence River, through the Great Lakes, and down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The French founded New Orleans, the vital port at the mouth of the Mississippi River, in 1718.