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  • Histoire de L'Isle Espagnole ou de Saint Domingue, or History of Hispaniola, 1730, book by Pierre-Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix, 1662-1761, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hendrick Arnold, 1804-49, Texan revolutionary fighter, detail from the Texas African American History Memorial, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Texas African American History Memorial, detail of emancipated slaves, bronze sculpture by Ed Dwight, erected 2016 by the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation, in the grounds of the Texas State Capitol, containing the Texas Legislature and the Office of the Governor, designed in 1881 by Elijah E Myers and built 1882-88, Austin, Texas, USA. The sculpture depicts the history of African Americans in Texas from the 1500s onwards, including Hendrick Arnold, Barbara Jordan and Juneteenth (June 19th, 1865 when African Americans were freed from slavery in Texas). Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of cyatheales, asplenium australasicum leaves on the left, beneath the glass and metal structure of the Glasshouse.
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  • Front cover of issue no. 489 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1987, a special edition covering the great century of Ancient Rome. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 1 of Lisez-Moi Historique, Historia, a bi-monthly history magazine, published December 1909, featuring a portrait of the Marquess of Pompadour by La Tour. This magazine is part of the Historia group, a monthly history magazine created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 54 of Le Lisez-Moi Historique, a bi-monthly history magazine, published May 1936, featuring a reproduction of Gericault's Raft of the Medusa and an article about the victims. This magazine is part of the Historia group, a monthly history magazine created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 706 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 2005, featuring an article entitled The Cursed Kings, exploring plots and passions of rulers throughout history. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 47 of Le Lisez-Moi Historique, a bi-monthly history magazine, published February 1936, featuring a portrait and article on George V and the British monarchy. This was a special edition with 112 pages, of which 16 are printed with rotogravure. This magazine is part of the Historia group, a monthly history magazine created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 477 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1986, a special edition covering the Paris Commune of 1871 - the 7 days of the insurrection. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 97 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published December 1954, featuring an article on the 150th anniversary of the coronation of Napoleon in 1804, with a detail from Jacques-Louis David's 1807 painting, The Coronation of Napoleon. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 287 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1970, featuring articles on Laval, universities and Cromwell, with a front cover photograph of Pierre Laval, who was executed after plotting against De Gaulle. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 283 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published June 1970, featuring an article on the Six-Day War in Israel in 1967, with a portrait of Israeli military leader Moshe Dayan. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 360 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 1976, featuring a new series by Alain Decaux. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 469 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1986, featuring an article by Alain Decaux entitled Offenbach or Parisian life. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 586 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1995, focusing on 16 centuries of war in the Balkans. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 707 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 2005 featuring an article on Christmas 1914 entitled Enemies Fraternising. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 12 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published November 1947, featuring an article on memories of the 11th November, Armistice Day, by General Weygand, with Dancers in Blue by Edgar Degas, 1890, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 30 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1949, featuring an article on the end of Hitler by A Francois-Poncet, with a painting of Marie Antoinette and her children by Vigee Le Brun on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 38 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1950, featuring an article on the Universal Exhibition of 1900, and a portrait of Lorenzo de Medici from La Capella dei Magi, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, c. 1459-62. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 75 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1953, featuring an article on the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 during the Second World War, with the portrait of Madame Recamier by Antoine Gros on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 82 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1953, featuring an article on Mussolini and featuring a painting of peasants in the countryside. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 90 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1954, featuring an article on the Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944 during the Second World War, with a detail from The Moneylender and His Wife, by Quentin Massys, 1514. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 94 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published September 1954, featuring an article on 40 years since victory on the Marne, in the Battle of the Marne in 1914 during the First World War, and a portrait of the explorer Cavelier de la Salle. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 224 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published July 1965, featuring an article on the end of the empire - the abdication of Napoleon. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 261 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published August 1968, featuring an article on the aviator Amelia Earhart being executed for spying for America. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 280 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published March 1970, featuring an article on the bombing of Tokyo on 9th March 1945. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 281 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published April 1970, featuring an article on Lenin. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 566 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1994, featuring articles on the curse of Tutankhamon and the Trojan War. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neoclassical portrait of Mme Recamier in classical dress, leaning against a tree, from a 1930s postcard, published in Historia magazine, a monthly history magazine. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 361 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published December 1976, featuring an article by Alain Decaux on the Night of the Long Knives, a purge in Nazi Germany in 1934. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 565 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1994, featuring articles on the feud between Louis XI and Charles le Temeraire, and the plot against De Gaulle in 1942. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 557 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published May 1993, featuring an article on St Petersburg and the end of the tsars, the last days of tsar Nicholas II. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Self Portrait by Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, artist, published in Historia magazine, a monthly history magazine. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 684 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published December 2003, featuring articles on American president John F Kennedy. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 292 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published March 1971, featuring an article on the French president Georges Pompidou, whose portrait is on the cover, and articles on Jesus and the Paris Commune. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 95 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1954, featuring an article on V1 flying bombs falling on England during the Second World War, with the cover image Pierre Auguste Renoir's Portrait of Mademoiselle Irene Cahen d'Anvers. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 98 of Lisez-Moi Historia, a monthly history magazine, published January 1955, featuring an article by G Houot and P Willm on 4050m beneath the Atlantic Ocean, with Portrait of Jacques Amalric, 1804 by Antoine Gros on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 105 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published August 1955, featuring an article on the centenary of Queen Victoria's visit to Paris in 1855, with Claude Monet's painting Garden at Sainte-Adresse on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 215 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1964, featuring articles on Pizarro in South America, and France's 80 oldest families, with a portrait of Virginia, Countess of Castiglione, on the cover. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 239 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1966, featuring an article on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution in Budapest and the retaking of Fort Douaumont in 1916. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 339 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published February 1975, featuring an article by Alain Decaux on Napoleon. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marshal de la Ferte seizing Belfort, defended by the Comte de la Suze, in 1654, oil painting, 1879, by Lucien Melingue, 1841-89, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1834-1904, French sculptor who made the Lion of Belfort, plaster, by Louis-Hubert Noel, 1839-1925, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Chenebier, fought on 16th January 1871 during the Franco-Prussian war, oil painting, by Alfonse de Neuville, 1836-85, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Colonel Denfert, caricature by Andre Gill, 1840-85, published in L'Eclipse, issue 190, 16th June 1872, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The cartoon refers to the Changarnier incident during the debate on obligatory army recruitment in May 1872. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siege of Belfort in 1870, seen from the Colline des Perches, panorama oil painting, by Etienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour, 1838-1910, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a plan of Belfort in the mid 18th century, in plaster, textile and metal, copy of an original of 1755, with the fortifications built by Vauban and bastions and hornwork, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Vauban, (Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, 1633-1707), military engineer, plaster mould from the original, by Antoine Coysevox, 1640-1720, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Colonel Denfert-Rochereau, 1823-78, in military uniform, defender of Belfort during its siege in the Franco-Prussian war, detail, oil painting, 1876, by Alexandre Monsegur, 1849-1917, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of General Bourbaki, 1816-97, commander in chief of the army during the Franco-Prussian war, print, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Uniform of corporal Paul Menegoz of the 45th line infantry, from the Siege of Belfort 1870-71, during the Franco-Prussian War, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 25th anniversary of the Siege of Belfort, detail, engraving, 1896, by Henri Meyer, published in the Illustrated Journal, April 19th 1896, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The anniversary was celebrated by 30,000 spectators and culminated in the awarding of the Cross of the Legion of Honour to the city. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plan of the Siege of Belfort, 1870-71, during the Franco-Prussian War, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Edouard Meny, mayor of Belfort 1855-72, after a painting by Gustave Dauphin, by Alfonse Drouin, 1866-1947, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Charge of the 8th and 9th cuirassiers at the Battle of Reichshoffen, 6th August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, colour lithograph, c. 1870, by Pellerin Company, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of a plan of Belfort in the mid 18th century, detail, in plaster, textile and metal, copy of an original of 1755, with the fortifications built by Vauban and bastions and hornwork, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Vauban, (Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban, 1633-1707), military engineer, plaster mould from the original, by Antoine Coysevox, 1640-1720, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Brave Colonel Denfert, portrait of Denfert-Rochereau, 1823-78, who led the resistance during the siege in the Franco-Prussian War, and siege and bombardment of Belfort, with flying cannonballs, engravings by Gaillard, published 1870, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • 25th anniversary of the Siege of Belfort, engraving, 1896, by Henri Meyer, published in the Illustrated Journal, April 19th 1896, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The engraving depicts the Lion of Belfort, the Porte de Brisach, the bombardment, the bakery during the siege and firefighters. The anniversary was celebrated by 30,000 spectators and culminated in the awarding of the Cross of the Legion of Honour to the city. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arrival of the Swiss emissaries during the Siege of Strasbourg in 1895, bas-relief in plaster, by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1834-1904, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lion of Belfort, bronze relief, by Auguste Bartholdi, 1834-1904, study for the 1880 sculpture dedicated to the defenders of the Siege of Belfort 1870-71 during the Franco-Prussian War, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lion of Belfort, bronze relief, by Auguste Bartholdi, 1834-1904, study for the 1880 sculpture dedicated to the defenders of the Siege of Belfort 1870-71 during the Franco-Prussian War, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pince-nez, monocular, compass set and box, and protractor, belonging to Denfert-Rochereau, 1823-78, who led the resistance during the siege in the Franco-Prussian War, and notebook detailing the orders of the commander of the sedentary national guard, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Siege of Belfort in 1870, seen from the Colline des Perches, detail, panorama oil painting, by Etienne-Prosper Berne-Bellecour, 1838-1910, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kepi, a military cap, belonging to Denfert-Rochereau, 1823-78, who led the resistance during the siege in the Franco-Prussian War, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Louise de Clermont Gallerande, second wife of Gaspard de Champagne, Comte de la Suze Belfort et Ferette, oil painting, 1662-69, by unknown artist, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Double bust of Erckmann-Chatrian, (Emile Erckmann, 1822-99, and Alexandre Chatrian, 1826-90), authors of military fiction, 1869, plaster, by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1834-1904, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Battle of Chenebier, fought on 16th January 1871 during the Franco-Prussian war, detail, oil painting, by Alfonse de Neuville, 1836-85, in the Musee d'Histoire or History Museum, at the Citadelle de Belfort, at Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The museum houses collections on archaeology, Bartholdi sculpture and military history. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Aurora, model of slave ship from Nantes, by Jean-Paul Cousinou and Jean Lucas, 2002, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The ship has a large hold and is stocked for a trip to the colonies. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • List of the state of slaves, with their name, age and price, bought from the Thebaudieres house in the Dominican Republic, 8th May 1791, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Port of Nantes seen from the shipbuilding docks, 1776, engraving, by Nicolas Ozanne, 1728-1811, part of a series of French ports for King Louis XVI, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Universal sundial, late 18th - early 19th century, developed by David Beringer, which can be adapted to the user's latitude and is used in nautical navigation, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Room in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In the centre is a ship's figurehead of St George, late 18th - early 19th century, with arm raised to hold the sword with which he killed the dragon, found at La Roche-Bernard, Brittany, from the Musee des Salorges fund. Behind are portraits of Dominique and Marguerite Deurbroucq with their slaves, 1753, by Pierre-Bernard Morlot. The castle was originally built in 1207 and rebuilt 1466, and was the residence of the Dukes of Brittany until the 16th century, when it became a royal palace. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Table of the sale of the cargo of the Nantes slave ship Pere de Famille, in Port au Prince, Haiti, on 10th November 1788, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. This heavy tonnage ship transported 587 men, women and children, 9 of whom were reserved for the captain or shipowner to become servants. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Marguerite Deurbroucq, detail, oil painting, 1753, by Pierre-Bernard Morlot, 1716-80, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The wife of Dominique Deurbroucq, a trader, is shown with Louis XV style furniture and wearing a fashionable silk dress, with a pet parrot. She is served by a black slave, bringing sugar for her coffee, whose dark skin accentuates the whiteness of the lady's, a sign of beauty. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New nautical chart increasing in degrees, of he maritime coasts of Brittany and Poitou, from Croizie to Anse de St Gilles, and the river of Nantes with deep waters and sand banks, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Town and harbour of Nantes, seen from Chantenay in 1724, attributed to Jacques-Andre Portail, 1695-1759, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. From the Butte de Chantenay, the view of the port and the river Loire shows the amount of seafaring vessels in the city at this time. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Port of Painbeuf, 1776, engraving, by Nicolas Ozanne, 1728-1811, part of a series of French ports for King Louis XVI, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Octant, 19th century, a nautical navigational instrument used to calculate the latitude of a ship, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman's head, wooden sculpture, 18th century, from a ship (women were thought to bring bad luck on ships, but nevertheless often appeared in their decoration), in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Map and nautical chart of the coast of Guinea from the Sierra Leonz river to Cape Lopes Consalvo, for use by a French slave ship, 1750, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. By the 18th century, Guinea was no longer used for slave sales, but remained a stop off point for slave ships off the African coast. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Africans attacking a slave ship in canoes and repelled with cannon fire, on the African coast, watercolour painting, late 18th century, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slave market selling 340 Africans, on board the Nantes slave ship Marie Seraphique, captained by Gaugy, on its 3rd campaign from Angola, 1772-73, with Cap-Francais, Hispaniola (now Haiti) behind, detail, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigo industry, including working the land, planting the crop and harvesting, engraving from the Art of the Indigotier, 1770, by Gauthier de Beauvais-Raseau, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves worked the land and processed crops on large plantations, and illustrated manuals were published to inform settlers of working methods and profitable exploitation. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slave presenting a cigar tray, 18th century cigar display stand from Nantes, late 18th century, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigo industry, including threshing and grinding of the pods and drying the leaves, engraving from the Art of the Indigotier, 1770, by Gauthier de Beauvais-Raseau, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves worked the land and processed crops on large plantations, and illustrated manuals were published to inform settlers of working methods and profitable exploitation. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shackles and chains, 18th century, used on slaves when on land, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. On the left is a deed of liberation of a slave on the Ile de Goree, Senegal, 17th February 1789, signed by Francois Blanchot de Verly, 1735-1807, governor of Senegal. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • King of Monomotapa, engraving, late 17th century, by Francois Gerard Jollain, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Monomotapa is on the coast of present-day Mozambique, trading since the 10th century with the Middle East and India, and in the 16th century with the Portuguese. French slave traders came here after 1693 when the West coast kingdoms no longer supplied so many slaves. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alkemy, king of Adrat in Guinea, engraving, late 17th century, by Francois Gerard Jollain, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. In 1670 Alkemy sent an ambassador, Mateo Lopes, to France to agree a trade agreement with king Louis XIV. French ships were protected in Adrat (along the current coast of Benin and Togo) and Nantes slave ships profited hugely until 1724, when the kingdom of Adrat became part of Dahomey. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tally of French, English, Portuguese and Dutch at Xavier, Guinea, on the Voyage of the Chevalier des Marchais from Guinea, Africa, to Cayenne, French Guiana, 1725, 1726 and 1727, by Jean-Baptiste Labat, 1663-1738, 1730, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The illustration depicts the coexistence of many European nations at the trading post, with compounds for the French, Portuguese, English and Dutch. The director is carried by his servants in a litter The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Deed of liberation of a slave on the Ile de Goree, Senegal, 17th February 1789, signed by Francois Blanchot de Verly, 1735-1807, governor of Senegal, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. This document frees a slave who denounced a revolt in Goree, occupied by the French from 1674, an important stopover for slave ships. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Voucher for 3 men and 3 women payable to Mr Horquelard, captain of the Nantes slave ship Etoile, who transported the slaves to Port au Prince in Haiti, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves were often bought by settlers on credit, with vouchers issued by traders. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shaving dish, 1773, from Nantes, ceramic dish painted with an image of the slave ship Marie Seraphique, commemorating her campaign of 1773 when 333 blacks were sold in Santo Domingo, under the foreman Rene La Porte, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Invoice for the transport of goods from the slave ship Le Bon Pere, on behalf of the ship La Madame, in Port au Prince, Haiti,  7th February 1788, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working on a tobacco plantation, engraving, 1722, from Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de l’Amerique, by Jean-Baptiste Labat, 1663-1738, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Although not as important as sugar or coffee, tobacco was grown in the colonies and exported to France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iron neck shackles with spikes, used on 'brown slaves' or 'esclaves marrons', 18th century, from the Musee des Salorges fund, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monthly report for the home of Mr Boutin, owner of a sugar factory in the Dominican Republic, 1st August - 1st September 1791, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. these reports were drawn up by managers for owners who were often in France. Slaves are listed next to types of cattle, and their children are listed as objects. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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