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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).
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul . Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls , Aquitani and Belgae .
Pages in category "Maps of the history of France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
English: Own work, from Image:France 12thC.jpg, in William R. Shepherd, The Historical Atlas, 1911 Data from the same and: Olivier Guyotjeannin, Atlas de l'histoire de France IXe-XVe siècle , Paris, 2005
Image renommée depuis Image:Map France History XVe.svg. Données : # Carte « France in the late 15th century », tirée du Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, Londres, 1911 (version numérisée sur l'Internet Medieval Sourcebook).
Image renommée depuis Image:Map France History XVe.svg. Données : Carte « France in the late 15th century », tirée du Muir's Historical Atlas: Medieval and Modern, Londres, 1911 (version numérisée sur l'Internet Medieval Sourcebook). Légende (voir ci-dessous) : Ibid. ; Grand Atlas Historique, Éditions du Livre de Paris, Paris, 1968 ;
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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