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  2. 130 departments of the First French Empire - Wikipedia

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    Map of the First French Empire in 1811: Empire français divisé en 130 départements by MM. Drioux and Leroy Map of the First French Empire in 1812, including the seven intendancies of the Illyrian Provinces as well as the four Spanish departments whose juridical status was incomplete

  3. First French Empire - Wikipedia

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    Although France had already established a colonial empire overseas since the early 17th century, the French state had remained a kingdom under the Bourbons and a republic after the French Revolution. Historians refer to Napoleon's regime as the First Empire to distinguish it from the restorationist Second Empire (1852–1870) ruled by his ...

  4. File:First French Empire 1812.svg - Wikipedia

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    Kingdom of France – 1000: ... In 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved under French pressure. ... Europe at the height of Napoleon's power. Blank map of Europe ...

  5. French presence in the Ohio Valley - Wikipedia

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    The French presence in the Ohio Valley was the result of French colonization of North America in present-day Pennsylvania.After Cartier and Champlain's expeditions, France succeeded in establishing relations with the Native American tribes and colonizing the future cities of Montreal and Quebec.

  6. Cartography of France - Wikipedia

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    Hand-drawn map of one side of the Valley of Vesdre by French geographers (led by the Cassini family) from 1745 to 1748. In France, the first general maps of the territory using a measuring apparatus were made by the Cassini family during the 18th century on a scale of 1:86,400 (one centimeter on the chart corresponds to approximately 864 meters on the ground).

  7. File:France map Lambert-93 with regions and departments ...

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  8. Territorial evolution of France - Wikipedia

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    To a large extent, modern France lies within clear limits of physical geography.Roughly half of its margin lies on sea coasts: one continuous coastline along "La Manche" ("the sleeve" or English Channel) and the Atlantic Ocean forming the country's north-western and western edge, and a shorter, separate coastline along the Mediterranean Sea forming its south-eastern edge.

  9. Cassini map - Wikipedia

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    Picard and La Hire write in 1672 that King Louis XIV instructed the Academy of Sciences to, "create a map of all of France with the greatest precision possible.", [6] Cassini writes that in September 1672, M. Vivier had, "come by order of the King" and was, "employed by order of the King to work on the Map of the Kingdom under the direction of ...