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Map of French Florida or French Florida

Posted on November 21, 2019 by beaugrand

Map of French Florida or French Florida In 1562, Charles IX, under the leadership of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny sent Jean Ribault and a group of Huguenot settlers in an attempt to colonize the Atlantic coast and found a colony … Continue reading →

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French Guiana

Posted on November 14, 2019 by beaugrand

French Guiana Is located in the South American continent with Brazil at its border South East.. French traders and colonists tried again to settle a France Équinoxiale or The ruins of 17th-century Fort Cépérou overlook the capital, Cayenne, with its … Continue reading →

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A brief synopsis of the exporters of North America

Posted on November 14, 2019 by beaugrand

A brief synopsis of the exporters of North America The French first came to the New World as explorers, seeking a route to the Ocean and wealth. Major French exploration of North America began under the rule of Francis I, … Continue reading →

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Margaret Heafield Hamilton

Posted on November 7, 2019 by beaugrand

Margaret Heafield Hamilton1936 age 82 years She is an American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. She was Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, which developed on board flight software for the Apollo space … Continue reading →

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Maria Gaetana Agnesi

Posted on November 7, 2019 by beaugrand

Maria Gaetana Agnesi 1718-1799, Milan, Italy age 81 She was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university discussing … Continue reading →

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Marie Skłodowska Curie

Posted on November 7, 2019 by beaugrand

Marie Skłodowska Curie born1867, Warsaw, Poland Died: 1934, Sancellemoz is a sanatorium in the town of Passy, in Haute-Savoie, eastern France. She was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first … Continue reading →

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Quebec City

Posted on November 6, 2019 by beaugrand

Quebec City was founded in 1608. New France refers to the North American region colonized by France. The territory stretched from Newfoundland to the Canadian prairies as well as from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. The French desired … Continue reading →