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French flag and cannon at reconstructed Fort Caroline on St. John's River (River of May), Florida

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Fort Caroline on the St John's River, Florida, 1564. Woodcut of a DeBry engraving, from painting by Le Moyne

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Replica of French explorer Jean Ribault's stone column, 1562, St. John's River (River of May), Florida

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Replica of French explorer Jean Ribault's stone column, 1562, St. John's River (River of May), Florida

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Cartier erects a cross along the Saint Lawrence River, 1534, claiming Quebec for France. Hand-colored woodcut

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Jacques Cartier aboard ship arriving in Canada, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut

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Huron chief Donnacona warns Cartier's expedition not to sail up the St Lawrence River to Hochlega, 1535. Hand-coolored woodcut

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Cartier embraced by Donnacona, a Huron chief, Gaspee Peninsula, Canada. Hand-colored woodcut

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Jacques Cartier on the summit of Mont Real, now Montreal, Canada, 1535. Hand-colored woodcut

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French colonists building fort at Hochelaga, a native village, 1600s, site of Montreal, Canada. Hand-colored halftone

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Hochelaga, site of Montreal, shown as a Native American village in Lescarbot's map, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut

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Jacques Cartier portrait with autograph. Hand-colored woodcut

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Cartier's ships leaving St. Malo, France, to sail for Canada, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut

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Title page of Cartier's book about his discoveries, London edition, 1580. Watercolor wash over printed halftone

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Replica cross marking Cartier's landing place on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Digital photograph

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Replica cross marking Cartier's landing place on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Digital photograph

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Replica cross marking Cartier's landing place on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Digital photograph

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Jacques Cartier's landing place on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Digital photograph

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Monument marking Cartier's landing place on the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Digital photograph

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French flag marking La Verendrye's claim of the northern Great Plains for France in 1743, Pierre, South Dakota

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French flag marking La Verendrye's claim of the northern Great Plains for France in 1743, Pierre, South Dakota

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Champlain and his Native American allies fighting the Iroquois near Lake Champlain, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut

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Samuel de Champlain and his map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Composite of hand-colored woodcuts

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Champlain and his Huron allies going to fight the Iroquois, Lake Champlain, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's defeat of the Iroquois at Lake Champlain, opening settlement of New France. Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's settlement at Port Royal, now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's fortified camp at Quebec on the St Lawrence River, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's Quebec fort, 1613, showing the dwellings (C, D), drawbridge (I), moat (M), cannon (N), garden (O). Hand-colored woodcut

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Champlain's map of the Gaspee and Gulf of the Saint Lawrence, 1632. Hand-colored woodcut

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Lescarbot's map of the St. Lawrence showing Quebec (Kebec) in Canada, 1609. Hand-colored woodcut

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Samuel de Champlain portrait. Hand-colored engraving from the Moncornet portrait

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Starving Native Americans seeking food from French fort at Quebec, Canada. Hand-colored woodcut

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French-Canadians enjoying a dance in early Quebec. Hand-colored woodcut

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French priest baptising Indians at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

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LaSalle claims the Mississippi for France, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut

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La Salle and his companions descending the Mississippi River, 1682. Hand-colored woodcut

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La Salle landing in Matagorda Bay, Texas, in trying to colonize Mississippi area, 1685. Hand-colored woodcut

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La Salle at Niagara Falls, 1669. Hand-colored woodcut

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Quebec City and the Saint Lawrence River, 1722, from a woodcut in La Potherie. Hand-colored woodcut

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Dining hall of the French colonists at Annapolis Royal, Canada, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut

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Fort Frontenac on Lake Ontario, at the head of the St Lawrence River, 1600s (now Kingston). Hand-colored halftone

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Capture of French Quebec by the English, 1629. Hand-colored woodcut from Hennepin 1698

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Riverside camp of voyageurs, or French fur traders. Hand-colored woodcut

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French traders and Native Americans dancing at a rendezvous in the northern forests. Hand-colored woodcut

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Early settlers hunting on snowshoes in Canada. Hand-colored halftone

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Jesuit missionary preaching to Native Americans & fur traders in the wilderness. Hand-colored woodcut

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French missionary and trader carrying a canoe at a portage, North America. Hand-colored woodcut

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Father Marquette holding peace pipe to greet Native Americans. Hand-colored woodcut

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Marquette & Joliet, the first white men on the upper Mississippi, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut

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Marquette and Joliet meeting Native Americans in Illinois during their exploration of the upper Mississippi. Hand-colored woodcut

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Marquette and Joliet in a canoe descending the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut

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Marquette and Joliet descending the Mississippi River in canoes, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut

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Jesuit missionary teaching a Native American near a teepee. Hand-colored woodcut

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Death of Father Marquette in Michigan, returning from a mission to Illinois, 1675. Hand-colored woodcut

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Louis Joliet's map of New France 1673-1674, with the upper Mississippi River he discovered. Hand-colored halftone

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Reconstructed Menominee bark lodge, as built for French missionaries in reconstruction at Heritage Hill, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Landing of Jean Nicolet on the Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan, 1634. Hand-colored halftone

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Sieur de Cadillac landing at Detroit, Lake Michigan, 1701. Hand-colored woodcut

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Father Hennepin at a Native American bark-covered dwelling, Minnesota, 1680. Hand-colored woodcut

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Festivities of early French settlers in Illinois. Hand-colored woodcut