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This antique map of Belgium depicts the Jemappes department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is included in the Atlas National de France. The map reflects...

This antique map of Belgium represents the Lys department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map illustrates...

This antique map of Italy shows the Marengo department under the First French Empire. It was produced in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map reflects the...

This antique map, spanning present-day Belgium and the Netherlands, represents the Meuse-Inférieure department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and forms...

This antique map of Italy depicts the Montenotte department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is included in the Atlas National de France. The map reflects...

This antique map of Germany represents the Mont-Tonnerre department under the First French Empire. It was produced in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map...

This antique map of Belgium depicts the Deux-Nèthes department under the First French Empire. It was created in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map reflects...

This antique map of Belgium represents the Ourthe department under the First French Empire. It was produced in the early 19th century by French geographer Pierre-Gilles Chanlaire and is part of the Atlas National de France. The map reflects...

The launch of the hull of RMS Lusitania in June 1906 from the John Brown Shipyard on the River Clyde in Scotland. The liner was sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German U-boat torpedo on 7 May 1915 during the First World War (1914-18). (Imperial...

A 1916 photograph of Alexei (1904-18), son and heir (Tsarevich) of Tsar Nicholas II (reign 1894-1917) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918).