The Louisiana and Florida territories sat at the intersection of empires in the late eighteenth century. Between 1750 and 1820 the area was controlled by the French and Spanish empires, the emerging United States of America, as well as the Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. While political surveys produced images of the moving borders between sovereign powers, cadastral surveys show the constancy of local landowners. Landowners superseded national distinction and were a constant in an area in the midst of great change. As control of the region shifted, landowning families continued their way of life. The continued circulation of Spanish cadastral surveys after the transfer of the region to the United States of America shows how Spanish spatial representations of property ownership shaped the image of the Lower Mississippi Valley.

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个人帝国：下密西西比河谷的地图绘制、本地网络和土地控制

路易斯安那州和佛罗里达州位于 18 世纪后期帝国的交汇处。1750 年至 1820 年间，该地区由法国和西班牙帝国、新兴的美利坚合众国以及乔克托、克里克和塞米诺尔国家控制。虽然政治调查产生了主权国家之间移动边界的图像，但地籍调查显示了当地土地所有者的稳定性。地主取代了民族区别，在一个处于巨变之中的地区保持不变。随着该地区控制权的转移，地主家庭继续他们的生活方式。在该地区转移到美利坚合众国后，西班牙地籍调查的持续流通显示了西班牙财产所有权的空间表现如何塑造了密西西比河谷下游的形象。