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Map indicating the territories colonized by the European powers and the United States since 1660

Description	English: Map indicating the territories colonized by the European powers, United States and Japan.
Date	2008-06-23 (first version); 2007-01-28 (last version)
Source	Transferred from en.wikipedia
Author	Original uploader was Andrei nacu at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by Zaparojdik at en.wikipedia.
Permission ( Reusing this file)	Released into the public domain (by the author).

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