French Empire Map

The French Empire Map acts as a useful tool for education and reference highlights geographic boundaries and important locations, useful for analyzing regional connections and planning activities. Offline access to this French Empire Map is available through the Download Now option beneath the map.

French Empire Map

About French Empire Map

Map showing first French colonial empire and second French colonial empire. The French Empire extended much outside Europe under French rule from the 17th century to the 1970s. First the French colonial empire after 1809, also known as Napoleonic France, which spread during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte and the second French Colonial Empire, which was 1852–1870 during the reign of Napoleon III.