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French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 50 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1] The following is a list of sovereign states and territories where French is an official or de facto language.
France, [IX] officially the French Republic, [X] is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world.
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d'Anville's 1749 map Afrique Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville: Troisième partie de la carte d'Asie, contenant la Sibérie, et quelques autres parties de la Tartarie, Paris (1753) Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was born in Paris on 11 July 1697, in the Kingdom of France.
In addition to the traditional maps, Martellus added a number of new maps (tabulae modernae) including maps of Mediterranean islands, Asia Minor, northern Europe, the British Isles and a nautical map of the north African coast. In a preface he claims his maps contain all the ports and coasts newly discovered by the Portuguese. [13]
The French Basque Country (French: Pays basque français; Spanish: País Vasco francés; Occitan: País Basc francés), or Northern Basque Country (Basque: Ipar Euskal Herria, or Iparralde, lit. ' the Northern Region '), is a region lying on the west of the French department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
The Limoges Fine Arts Museum (Musée des Beaux-Arts), housed in the 18th-century bishops' palace ('Palais de l'Évêché'). [18] The Hôtel de Ville, completed in 1883 [19] The railway station, Gare de Limoges Bénédictins, inaugurated in 1929. The Château de La Borie (17th century), at 4 km (2.5 mi) from the city. It is home to the Centre ...