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My sources say it was to Sir Fernando Gorges and John Mason. In 1629, Mason took the land between the Piscataqua and Merrimack Rivers, and named it New Hampshire; Gorges took the Northern part and named it Maine. *George Calvert
That was the Louisiana Territory -- a huge tract of land in the U.S., beginning at New Orleans, moving north along the Mississippi River and westward to the Rocky Mountains.
Hudson Bay Company
Canada is most of the huge land mass north of the United States.
A land deed describes a tract of land. Celebrities blocked entry to the tract of land, claiming that the construction would disrupt wildlife in the area.
a tract of land has no specific size, it is just an extended area
The size of that tract of land was believed to be to large to be controlled by a single government.
It covers 16% of Virginia's land area. From wiki
Territory
The Chesapeake Inn is located in Chesapeake City, Maryland. It offers a fantastic view of the C&D canal and can be accessed both by land and sea. It specializes in crab cakes on the eastern shore.
The land was divided into huge counties... East Anglia Scotland the whole of the north wales London and Essex