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MapPortulan de Charles-Quint donné à Philippe II, accompagné d'une notice explicative. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Wiener, Charles - Spitzer, Frédéric - Philip II
- Date: 1875-01-01
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MapNouveau Paris monumental : itinéraire pratique de l'étranger dans Paris Selected buildings shown pictorially. Bird's eye view. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Garnier Frères - Dufrénoy (Firm) - Dufour, F.
- Date: 1878-01-01
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MapParis et ses environs : 1878 Includes insets "Environs de Paris" and "Plan des tramways". "Imp. Becquet Paris." LC copy sectioned into 18 pieces and mounted on linen to fold to 25 x 17 cm. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Institut Géographique De Paris - Dumas-Vorzet, Ed. (Eduard) - Becquet Frères
- Date: 1878-01-01
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MapTaking Possession of Louisiana and the Mississippi River, in the Name of Louis XIVth, by Cavelier de La Salle [From Rouen] on April 9, 1682.
Prise de Possession de la Louisiane et du Fleuve Mississipi, Au Nom de Louis XIV, par Cavelier de la Salle [de Rouen], le 9 Avril 1682. Dédiée au Général T. Beauregard, et accompagné d'un texte explicatif This lithograph from the 1870s by Jean-Adolphe Bocquin illustrates the claiming of Louisiana for France by René Robert Cavelier de La Salle, an event that helped to make La Salle one of the heroes of France's first colonial empire. La Salle was born in Rouen in 1643. Educated at a Jesuit college, he originally intended to enter the priesthood, but in 1666 he left...- Contributor: Bocquin, Jean-Adolphe, Active 19th Century
- Date: 1870-01-01
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