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A map of European empires c. 1700. By the 18th century, European power had become truly global through a combination of maritime expansion, state-backed commerce, and military force. The leading Atlantic empires, Spain, Portugal, the Dutch Republic, England, and France, had transformed overseas trade into an instrument of state power. Spain and Portugal, pioneers of early expansion in the 15th–16th centuries, still controlled vast overseas territories, particularly in the Americas and the Indian Ocean. Meanwhile, the Dutch Republic (Republic of the Seven United Provinces) built a commercial empire through chartered companies such as the VOC, dominating key nodes of global trade. England (Kingdom of Great Britain after 1707) and France, under Louis XIV (reign 1643–1715), emerged as aggressive competitors in both Atlantic and Asian markets. This system, known as mercantilism, prioritized bullion accumulation, controlled trade routes, and colonial monopolies as foundations of national power.

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NEW MAP: Europe 1813: Battle of Leipzig (16 October 1813) https://buff.ly/3uWwzCp By October 1813 Russian, Prussian, Austrian, and Swedish armies were converging on the French in Saxony, prompting Napoleon to pull back to Leipzig. However, he was still severely outnumbered and, despite Napoleon’s generalship, the Allies decisively defeated the French in a four-day battle. #1810s #1813 #19thcentury #austrianempire #cartographer #cartographic #europe #europeanhistory #frenchempire #frenchmilitary #frenchhistory #germanhistory #heritage #historian #historicalatlas #history #historylesson #historymatters #historyteacher #map #maps #militaryhistory #napoleon #napoleonicwars #october #october16 #prussia #russianempire #saxony #newmap (at Leipzig, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPAep9tgvYs/?utm_medium=tumblr

Today is the 214th anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz! One of Napoleon's greatest victories. The battle of the three Emperors showed Europe that the French Emperor was not to be trifled with. I'm quite happy with this piece! Napoleon is in the heat of it here as he commands the fusiliers to advance. Meanwhile the elite cavalry of both armies charge each other head on in the background!

Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-George: a superb composer, swordsman (as shown in the picture), soldier, and anti-slavery activist. 

@vamuseum with @studio_fulton @velveteccentric @johndavidgusman part of the pleasure of fashion for me is The opportunity to use my #ancestral accoutrements & blend the exquisite beauty of objects crafted in centuries past & uses by my ancestors thereby #defying time & mortality - For there is nothing like the pleasure of wearing my family #antique #frenchempire #tiara or holding my ancestors #fan used in the drawing rooms of #Mayfair in the 1700s to conceal whispered conversations or #operaglasses my ancestors travelled the world in the 1800s & added to these treasures of the road I wear my @velveteccentric collar for the larks of “Blending the centuries” @vamuseum (at Victoria and Albert Museum)

If I had to choose a favorite painting this would have to be it. The clothing is exquisite, I feel like I can hear the fabrics rustling. ・・・ This portrait of a titled Frenchwoman with her children has so many wonderful costume details! Note how the boys' clothing is inspired by contemporary military uniforms, how the little girl is wearing pantalettes beneath her dress, and how the mother's dress with its elaborate border at the hem has horizontal creases across the skirt from being folded. “Portrait of Louise-Antoinette-Scholastique Guéhéneuc, Madame la Maréchale Lannes, Duchesse de Montebello, with Her Children” by François Pascal Simon Gérard, 1814 @mfahouston #mfahouston #gerard #frenchart #frenchartist #frenchempire #1814 #napoleonicfrance #portrait #groupportrait #motherandchildren #portraitofmotherandchildren #fashionhistory #costumehistory #art #arthistory #groupportrait #historyofart #heartart #artlovers

A map illustrating the rise and apogee of the First French Empire, the dominant force in the European continent between 1804 and 1814 (and briefly for Hundred Days in 1815) under Napoleon Bonaparte. The Napoleonic Wars established French military hegemony in Europe in the early 19th century as far as Poland and southern Italy and delivered sweeping french victories, spectacular defeats, restoration of the monarchy, followed by a second republic, a second empire, and then a third republic in the nineteenth century alone.