Colonies of the European Powers, France, c.1910 (colour litho)

Colonies des Puissances Européennes; illustrations showing the French colonial possessions of Madagascar, Guadeloupe, Algeria and Indochina; all these colonies are independent today except for Guadeloupe which is an overseas region of France and therefore is part of the European Union and the Eurozone; illustration of the palace of the last sovereign of Madagascar, Queen Ranavalona III (1861-1917) exiled by the French Government in 1897; Pointe à Pitre is the largest city of Guadeloupe; French Indochina comprised the territory of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam; from a series of collecting cards showing European empires published by Liebig to promote their meat extract products; Liebig's meat extract, manufactured in Uruguay by Fray Bentos, became by the late 19th century a staple food in European homes and was extensively used in World War II;