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Although its land area is modest – only 1.7 square kilometers – Clipperton’s strategic and ecological significance is ...
"Fry styles often tie into regional identity and nostalgia, and personal preferences," Chef Mark Slutzky told Newsweek.
As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Ken Burns is releasing a deep look into the fight for American independence.
The map represents a flawed understanding of New World geography, such as picturing California as an island. Many maps of the Americas were produced during the period of exploration and colonial ...
A French police officer will face trial next year on charges of voluntary homicide over the killing of a 17-year-old of North African descent, a death that triggered nationwide riots.
This Perspective presents an overview of the archaeology of pluralistic colonies (approximately late 1500s–1800s) in North America. It complements the other special feature papers in this issue on ...
Father Jacques Marquette, the man who gave Marquette its name, made an incredible mark not only on the Upper Peninsula, but throughout North America as well. The French Jesuit Missionary built an ...
Many French rappers hail from countries in North and West Africa that were historically French colonies. In fact, France’s North African colonial empire formed the largest block of immigrants to ...
Today, we will see how two of their squadrons also carried out a daring naval raid against French and English colonies in America, briefly reclaiming the New Netherlands.
However, one hugely important innovation the Swedes introduced to North America was their method of building log cabins, which became standard colonial architecture in the early stages of settlement.
In 1774, British North America included 20 colonies — not only the 13 most U.S. schoolchildren are familiar with but also Quebec, four maritime colonies, East and West Florida, and Bermuda.
PARIS (Reuters) - French group Veolia said it had agreed to sell its sulfuric acid regeneration business in North America to private equity firm American Industrial Partners for an enterprise ...