This map by Charles H. Owens appeared in the Los Angeles Times on 10 September 1939, just over...
Maps of France (31 maps)
Europe at this moment, a political-geographical fantasy (1872)
This satirical map of Europe was most likely published by French cartoonist Louis Ernest Lesage in 1872. The map...
Expansion and heyday of the Napoleonic Empire (1812)
This map, published by Simeon Netchev for World History Encyclopedia, depicts the expansion and height of the First French Empire in 1812...
Frenchmen, this is your empire (1938)
This map was published by Taride, a Parisian publishing house, in 1938. The map shows all of France's possessions in...
Relief map of France, by Miguel Valenzuela (2020)
This map, created by Miguel Valenzuela, shows the relief of France. It uses two colours: blue for the more mountainous areas and blue for the...
French wine exports (1864)
This map, published by Frenchman Charles Joseph Minard in 1864, represents an approximation of French wine exports...
Territorial claims in Antarctica (2021)
This map, created by the website Visual Capitalist, shows the territorial claims of seven countries (Norway, the United Kingdom, France, Argentina, etc.).
Population density of France (2022)
This illustration, created by Terence Teo, represents France's population density on a three-dimensional map. To do this, ...
The landings during the invasions of England (1803)
This map, created by English cartographer John Russell in 1803, was published in London in the context of the...
Pictorial map of Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique (1943)
This map, drawn by French author Jylbert in 1943, is part of a series of 20 maps that...
The Dunkirk leaflets (1940)
This map was printed on millions of leaflets that the German air force dropped on Allied troops, French troops...
War is Prussia's national industry (1917)
This map, created by Maurice Neumont in 1917, was published in Paris during the First World War as part of...
The Origin of Prostitutes in Paris (1836)
This map is much more significant than it may appear at first glance. It was created by Alexandre Jean-Baptiste in 1836...
The mythological monsters of France (2021)
This map, created by Neil Parkinson of Púca Printhouse in 2021, depicts the monsters of French mythology. Among the many…
The Imperial Powers of the Pacific Ocean (1939)
This map originates from an educational map used by the History Department of the Military Academy of...
The first modern map of France (1525)
This map was originally painted by French cartographer Oronce Finé in 1525 and later republished in 1538, which is...
France's colonial domains and their products (1930)
This map is one of two published by French cartographer Joseph Forest to represent the colonial domains of...
The Game of the World, by Pierre Du Val (1645)
This board game was created by the French cartographer Pierre Du Val and published in Paris in 1645, with…
Map of the Paris catacombs (1857)
This map, published in 1857 by the Inspection générale des carrières (General Quarry Inspection), shows the location of the...
Plan of Paris after the annexation (1859)
This map, created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann in 1859, shows the plan to divide Paris into 20 districts (arrondissements) after...
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