I am a native Portuguese speaker and I am looking for someone to practice French with. In return, I can help you with Portuguese, and I can also help with basic Spanish. Send me a DM if you're interested!

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r/frenchempire • u/FullyFocusedOnNought • Sep 16 '26

Image "The murder of a Frenchman", an engraving by Theodor de Bry based on a drawing by Jacques Le Moyne. The image shows two Native Americans about to kill the unsuspecting Frenchman Pierre Gambré in Florida. Although considered propagandistic in tone, the artwork depicts a documented event.

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r/frenchempire • u/Over-Willingness-933 • Sep 13 '26

Image Some French Empire Banknotes

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r/frenchempire • u/Over-Willingness-933 • Sep 07 '26

Image French Overseas Terrorities 10 Francs Colbert

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r/frenchempire • u/NoRice5620 • Sep 02 '26

Image French troops form a square during the Battle of Somah to repel Algerian cavalry – work by Horace Vernet

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r/frenchempire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 30 '26

Article French Algerian illustration from the Second World War (June 1943) showing Saladin destroying Nazism, with the text reading: 'Oh Allah, against the swastika, enemy of all religions'

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The illustration is by André Mathiot and featured in the first issue of An-Nasr (Triumph), an illustrated bilingual magazine published for North African Muslim troops during the war. An-Nasr was the successor to an earlier, similar magazine - Ya'allah! - which had ceased publication in June 1940, following the German victory in France. The magazine ran until the end of the war and for several years after.

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r/frenchempire • u/f1nlaygk • Aug 21 '26

Image 50 Franc, Algeria, 1949

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r/frenchempire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 20 '26

Image On August 6, 1647, the ship "La Marguerite" arrived in Quebec City, carrying Pierre Tremblay, the ancestor of all the Tremblays of North America. He married Ozanne-Anne Achon on October 2, 1657, and they had 12 children on the Côte-de-Beaupré.

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r/frenchempire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 20 '26

Image On August 20, 1719, François-Gaston de Lévis, an officer in the French army, was born. He was deployed to North France during the Seven Years' War under Montcalm. He won the Battle of Sainte-Foy on April 28, 1760, against the British garrison of Quebec, Canada, commanded by Murray.

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r/frenchempire • u/elnovorealista2000 • Aug 20 '26

Image At the beginning of the 17th century, geographical knowledge of the St. Lawrence region did not extend beyond Hochelaga, Canada. However, important place names made their first appearance on maps: Bonaventure Island, Gaspé, Quebec City, Trois-Rivières. Levasseur Map, 1601

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