. History of the nineteenth century in the United States and Europe, illustrated. Period I: During the triumphs of Napoleon's empire. 07, the French minister published anexceedingly glowing report of the splendor of Frenchenterprise. Immense length of roads had been builtor repaired ; great highways had climbed over theAlps and Apennines ; rivers made more navigable;new bridges spanned the rivers; Antwerp had be-come the maritime center; first-class war ships wereon the Scheldt, which important river had been closedto commerce till the French came; fourteen largeships were there on the stocks
. History of the nineteenth century in the United States and Europe, illustrated. Period I: During the triumphs of Napoleon's empire. 07, the French minister published anexceedingly glowing report of the splendor of Frenchenterprise. Immense length of roads had been builtor repaired ; great highways had climbed over theAlps and Apennines ; rivers made more navigable;new bridges spanned the rivers; Antwerp had be-come the maritime center; first-class war ships wereon the Scheldt, which important river had been closedto commerce till the French came; fourteen largeships were there on the stocks ; many more were fin-ished and had gone down the river to Fkishing, whoseharbor was deepened to receive them ; the harbors ofCherbourg, Dunkirk, Calais, Rochfort, and Marsailleswere improved ; every French conquest was a helpto French enterprise. But what could Napoleon do with these great ships ?They were certain to be captured by the British ifthey left safe harbor. Napoleon could conscript peas-ants and soon make of them veteran soldiers. Butpeasant boys could not be transformed into skillfulseamen without access to the NAPOLEONS PALACE OF THE TUILERIES AND LOUVRE.
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