Map by John Nelson. Reprinted by permission of William J. MortonUnited States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500182000/2021In 1767 the governor of West Florida received permission from the king of England to advance the colony's northern border along the Mississippi and Chattahoochee rivers, where royal trading posts were located. Georgia's land holdings significantly decreased as a result.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/GeorgiaGeorgia Colony Boundaries, 1767StillImage