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The famous French cartographer, Academician Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, had copied a map from Vakhushti's first atlas and published it in 1766 in Paris as "General Map of Georgia and Armenia". The text and part of the maps by Prince Vakhushti were translated into French by Marie-Félicité Brosset in the mid-19th century.
The list includes all countries listed in the List of countries, the French overseas departments, the Spanish and Portuguese overseas regions and inhabited overseas dependencies. See List of extinct countries, empires, etc. and Former countries in Europe after 1815 for articles about countries that are no longer in existence.
The Mitchell Map. The Mitchell Map is a map made by John Mitchell (1711–1768), which was reprinted several times during the second half of the 18th century. The map, formally titled A map of the British and French dominions in North America &c., was used as a primary map source during the Treaty of Paris for defining the boundaries of the newly independent United States.
Rotz was a member of the school of the Dieppe maps.He may have accompanied Jean Parmentier to Sumatra in 1529, and he definitely went to Brazil in 1539. [1] His work was greatly influenced by these early French explorations, which induced him to create highly decorative maps.
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From the 16th to the 17th centuries, the First French colonial empire existed mainly in the Americas and Asia. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the second French colonial empire existed mainly in Africa and Asia. France had about 80 colonies throughout its history, the second most colonies in the world behind only the British Empire. [1]
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French-Georgian relations are foreign relations between France and Georgia. Formal diplomatic relations between the two countries were first established in January 1921 but were soon interrupted by the Red Army invasion of Georgia. [1] Relations were restored on August 21, 1992 following the collapse of the Soviet Union.