Place des Victoires

World maps have been complete for serveral decades now. But who recalls that in the middle of the 19th century a large part of the world remained unexplored? White man - as he was called at the time - had not yet set foot in much of Africa,

Before tackling the race towards the North Pole, 19th century explorers had another aim: to locate a passage, free from ice, to link the Pacific to the Atlantic, running along the North Canadian coastline. This shortcut, promising to lead t