On Feb. 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War ...

In Senegal, streets named after French colonial figures are being changed to names of prominent people from Senegal. The move comes as the West African country is rethinking its ties with France and ...

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Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people ...

The guillotine’s story in France had begun just a few years prior. In late 1789, during a discussion about reforming the French penal code, physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed a standard ...

View of the three-dimensional map on the Ségognole 3 cave floor. Credit: Dr. Médard Thiry A groundbreaking discovery in France has revealed what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map ...

southwest France. For Angola, the objective is to map its oil and mineral resources but also water for agriculture. A preliminary agreement is due to be signed with the French Development Agency ...

To read more about mapmakers through time, go to "Mapping the Past." 3-D map on cave floor, Ségognole 3, France ...