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[edit] CITATION NEEDED
Please provide citation and dates for French colonial rule in both Tanganyika and Zanzibar (Tanzania). Jkp1187 12:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I have corrected the map: I have added Acadia, East Louisiana, India, and Zanzibar, which had been forgotten. On the other hand, I have deleted Egypt and Fezzan, which were never French colonies or protectorates, but merely briefly occupied by French troops. Hardouin 18:07, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Might it be a good idea to add Napoleon's conquests to the map? I say this because the anachronistic map for the British Empire 
includes German and Italian occupied territories post-WWII, which are even less significant. And especially because, however brief French dominance was, it's my understanding that it was still very influential as far as things like propogating civil law and the metric system go. So as a map of places where French imperial influence has been felt in the world, I think it would be useful. (I'm not well informed enough to know exactly what modifications to make, however.) --Marlow4 11:57, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
- This article is about the French colonial empires, it is not about Napoleon conquests, which have nothing to do with the colonial empires. The map of the British Empire that you are showing is totally absurd, and I already expressed my concerns in the discussion page at British Empire. Territories only temporarily occupied by British troops should not appear on the map, neither should Iran. That discredits a lot the British Empire article. Here at French colonial empires we are most strict, we only include colonies and protectorates, not military occupied territories. About Napoleon, maybe a map showing the extent of French control over Europe could appear in the article Napoleon I, or in the article Napoleonic Wars, or in any article related to Europe and its history. I'll be happy to make that map. Hardouin 00:37, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
- A map showing the extent of Napoleon's conquests would definitely be very interesting, and should probably be best located in a Napoleon-related article. This article, with a reference to the map could be linked from the "French colonial empires" article. olivier 10:47, May 8, 2005 (UTC)
Hardouin, on the British Empire discussion page there was a reply to some of the issues you raised which you haven't responded to as yet.
[edit] Templates
Apparently, two different templates compete in the series of articles. Perhaps just one will suffice? //Big Adamsky 22:03, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
| French colonial empires I- Former French colonies, protectorates and other possessions: |
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| in Africa & Indian Ocean: Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) | Arguin Island (off Morocco) | French West Africa (Côte d'Ivoire, Dahomey, French Sudan=Mali, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta) & French Togoland & James Island (The Gambia) | French Equatorial Africa (Chad, Gabon, Middle Congo, Oubangui-Chari) | Djibouti | Comoros (Anjouan) | Madagascar | Mascarene Islands : Ile de France (Mauritus) & Seychelles |
| in the Americas (French colonization of the Americas): New France (Acadia, Louisiana, Québec, Terre Neuve) | Inini | Berbice | Haiti & Saint-Domingue | Tobago | Virgin Islands (part) |
in Asia: Alaouites | Alexandretta-Hatay | Ceylon | French India (Chandernagore, Coromandel Coast | Madras | Malabar, Mahe, Pondichery, Karaikal, Yanaon) | Kwangchowan (lease in China) | French Indochina (Annam, Cochinchina, Cambodia-Kampuchea, Laos, Tonkin) | in Antarctic & Oceania: New Caledonia | New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) | France Antarctique | |
| II- Present overseas territories and possessions |
| French Guiana | French Polynesia | Guadeloupe | Martinique | Mayotte | New Caledonia | La Réunion (Mascarene- formerly Île Bourbon) |
| See also: French colonisation of the Americas | Chartered company |
Shouldn't France Antarctique be in the Americas section? Semi-Lobster
[edit] French Revolution
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It's an aberration to say the French Revolution started in 1793 and finished in the early 19th century. Of course, it started in 1789! I can't believe nobody has corrected it before me, for such an event which its influence had been so important for France one the one hand, but also for the rest of the world.
Pedropunky 11:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
