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In 1877, France bought back Saint-Barthélemy from Sweden for 320,000 gold francs (Louis XVI having ceded the little island 93 years earlier to his friend King Gustav III in return for duty-free trading rights in Gothenburg).
In 1670 the Spanish officially ceded Jamaica to British rule as part of the Treaty of Madrid, and the British began a systematic process of settlement, offering land and aid to prospective settlers.
If it has ceded to Milan its place as Italy’s fashion capital, the old Renaissance city is still a center of exquisite, if classic, elegance.
As part of the settlement ending the war, Alsace and a portion of Lorraine were ceded to Germany.
Britain finally ceded the island to Spain in the year 1802, under the terms of the Treaty of Amiens.