XEE4185135: Alone across the ocean: Alain Gerbault (1893-1941), French navigator, heros of the crossing of the Atlantic, left aboard a cutter for Polynesia, where he fell in love. Print on the front page of “” The illustrious of the small newspaper””, 1932. Private Collection, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4185809: A marine monster captures in Mediterranee: the fierce struggle of fishermen Paulin Allegre, Francois and Adrien Reboul to kill the gigantic animal, which they think is a dolphin dog, caught in their net near Marseille and Prado beach. Engraving in “” Le Petité Journal illustrious”” on 11/07/1926. Private collection., Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4189457: The rescue of the crew of a submarine (submarine), fails to the bottom of the water, after being able to bring the front part up to the surface. They signal their distress by a fire. Illustration taken from “” Le petit journal”” from 18/12/1921 Collection privee, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images
XEE4193155: Senegal, Mayotte, Ile de Sainte Marie, Nossi Be (Nossi-be or Nosy-be or Nosy be), Africa. Elephant, crocodile and boat in a river. Series on the French colonies. Chromolithography (Chromo) “” the geographic thread””, circa 1920. Private collection., French School, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4133541: Spanish Admiral Cervera and his officers surrendered to the Americans. Cuba's war of indepedance, which was under Spanish rule, broke out in 1895, and the Cubans asked the Americans to intervene. Thus the war between Spain and America began and ended in 1898 with the victory of the Americans. in “” Le Petro Parisien””, 17/07/1898., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images