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The route of the St Jean Baptiste and Captain James Cook's Endeavour around the North Cape of New Zealand in December 1769.

The tomb of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Pantheon, Paris.

The tomb of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) at his former home Ainola in southern Finland.

Diogenes sitting in his tub. Painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1860 CE)

Leucothea (1862), by Jean Jules Allasseur. South façade of the Cour Carrée in the Louvre Palace, Paris.

Saint Jean-d'Angle Castle, Charente-Maritime, France. The castle was built c. 1180 CE and renovated from 1994 CE.

Portrait of General Jean-Nicolas Houchard (1739-1793) who led the French Army of the North to victory against the Coalition at the Battle of Hondschoote, 6-8 September 1793. Houchard's failure to follow up on his victory led to his arrest...

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Carrier, who oversaw the slaughter of thousands of people during the Drownings at Nantes, part of the Reign of Terror. Drawing by Georges-François-Marie Gabriel, late 18th century. In the Musée Carnavalet.

The French exploration of New Zealand has been overshadowed by the achievements of British navigator Captain James Cook (1728-1779), but French navigators who visited Aotearoa's (New Zealand) shores named over 100 geographical places and...

Piracy has involved many nationalities over the centuries, but one of the prominent groups in the medieval and early modern periods was the French pirates, who terrorised the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean. French writers often...