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Verny Park in Yokosuka
Verny Park in Yokosuka
In appreciation for Verny’s great achievements, Yokosuka built a beautiful park next to JR Yokosuka Station. The park was named Verny Park and includes a small “Verny Commemorative Museum”. A huge steam hammer made in Holland originally and then imported to Japan from France in 1866 is exhibited at the museum. Looking at this massive iron hammer, you can feel the tough and dynamic power of real iron works. On the other hand, the park is a place to take a relaxing break. In May, it is filled with the sweet aroma of roses. Sitting on a bench, you can see American and Japanese warships at anchor in Yokosuka Bay. The reclaimed land that helped lay the foundation for Japan’s modernization 150+ years ago can also be seen from the park. People said Verny was humble but strong-willed. He came during a period of great confusion here and it was his strong will that in many ways led to the eventual completion of this naval port, Yokosuka.
Varney Prrk, Yokosuka, Japan, Rose Garden, Golden Week 2013
Varney Prrk, Yokosuka, Japan, Rose Garden, Golden Week 2013
Verny Park in Yokosuka
In appreciation for Verny's great achievements, Yokosuka built a beautiful park next to JR Yokosuka Station. The park was named Verny Park and includes a small Verny Commemorative Museum. A huge steam hammer made in Holland originally and then imported to Japan from France in 1866 is exhibited at the museum. Looking at this massive iron hammer, you can feel the tough and dynamic power of real iron works. On the other hand, the park is a place to take a relaxing break. In May, it is filled with the sweet aroma of roses. Sitting on a bench, you can see American and Japanese warships at anchor in Yokosuka Bay. The reclaimed land that helped lay the foundation for Japan's modernization 150+ years ago can also be seen from the park. People said Verny was humble but strong-willed. He came during a period of great confusion here and it was his strong will that in many ways led to the eventual completion of this naval port, Yokosuka.
Mikasa Park, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan - Mikasa museum ship
Mikasa Park is a park located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. Mikasa Park's main attractions are the memorial pre-dreadnought battleship Mikasa and its multicolored fountain complex. The park is among Japan's Top 100 City Parks. Monkey Island can be seen from most locations in the park. Mikasa battleship was fully restored as a museum ship and can be visited at
Best Attractions and Places to See in Yokosuka, Japan
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List of Best Things to do in Yokosuka, Japan
Memorial Ship MIKASA
Yokosuka Museum of Art
Sarushima Island (Monkey Island)
Verny Park
Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise
Mikasa Park
Nagai Uminote Park Soleil Hill
Cape Kannonzaki
Tateishi Park
Kurihama Flower Park
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Verny Park in Yokosuka
In appreciation for Verny’s great achievements, Yokosuka built a beautiful park next to JR Yokosuka Station. The park was named Verny Park and includes a small “Verny Commemorative Museum”. A huge steam hammer made in Holland originally and then imported to Japan from France in 1866 is exhibited at the museum. Looking at this massive iron hammer, you can feel the tough and dynamic power of real iron works. On the other hand, the park is a place to take a relaxing break. In May, it is filled with the sweet aroma of roses. Sitting on a bench, you can see American and Japanese warships at anchor in Yokosuka Bay. The reclaimed land that helped lay the foundation for Japan’s modernization 150+ years ago can also be seen from the park. People said Verny was humble but strong-willed. He came during a period of great confusion here and it was his strong will that in many ways led to the eventual completion of this naval port, Yokosuka.
Nojimazaki Lighthouse - Chiba, Japan
The Nojimazaki Lighthouse and its park is a must-see for anyone driving around Chiba Prefecture. The lighthouse was designed by French Architect François- Leonce Verny.
Verny snowboard
Verny snowboard
Napoleon III
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte was the first President of the French Second Republic and, as Napoleon III, the Emperor of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. He was the first President of France to be elected by a direct popular vote. However, when he was blocked by the Constitution and Parliament from running for a second term, he organized a coup d'état in 1851, and then took the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation.
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The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the first colonial empire, that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost, and the second colonial empire, which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830. The second colonial empire came to an end after the loss in later wars of Indochina (1954) and Algeria (1962), and relatively peaceful decolonizations elsewhere after 1960.
Competing with Spain, Portugal, the Dutch United Provinces and later England, France began to establish colonies in North America, the Caribbean and India in the 17th century. A series of wars with Great Britain and other European major powers during the 18th century and early 19th century resulted in France losing nearly all of its conquests. France rebuilt a new empire mostly after 1850, concentrating chiefly in Africa as well as Indochina and the South Pacific. Republicans, at first hostile to empire, only became supportive when Germany started to build their own colonial empire. As it developed, the new empire took on roles of trade with France, especially supplying raw materials and purchasing manufactured items as well as lending prestige to the motherland and spreading French civilization and language and the Catholic religion. It also provided manpower in the World Wars.It became a moral mission to lift the world up to French standards by bringing Christianity and French culture. In 1884, the leading proponent of colonialism, Jules Ferry, declared; The higher races have a right over the lower races, they have a duty to civilize the inferior races. Full citizenship rights – assimilation – were offered, although in reality assimilation was always receding [and] the colonial populations treated like subjects not citizens. France sent small numbers of settlers to its empire, contrary to Great Britain and previously Spain and Portugal, with the only notable exception of Algeria, where the French settlers nonetheless always remained a small minority.
At its apex, it was one of the largest empires in history. Including metropolitan France, the total amount of land under French sovereignty reached 11,500,000 km2 (4,400,000 sq mi) in 1920, with a population of 110 million people in 1939. In World War II, Charles de Gaulle and the Free French used the overseas colonies as bases from which they fought to liberate France. Historian Tony Chafer argues: In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. However, after 1945 anti-colonial movements began to challenge European authority. The French constitution of 27 October 1946 (Fourth Republic), established the French Union which endured until 1958. Newer remnants of the colonial empire were integrated into France as overseas departments and territories within the French Republic. These now total altogether 119,394 km² (46,098 sq. miles), which amounts to only 1% of the pre-1939 French colonial empire's area, with 2.7 million people living in them in 2013. By the 1970s, says Robert Aldrich, the last vestiges of empire held little interest for the French. He argues, Except for the traumatic decolonization of Algeria, however, what is remarkable is how few long-lasting effects on France the giving up of empire entailed.
French colonial empire | Wikipedia audio article
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French colonial empire
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- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
- reduce eye strain
Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the first colonial empire, that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost, and the second colonial empire, which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830. The second colonial empire came to an end after the loss in later wars of Indochina (1954) and Algeria (1962), and relatively peaceful decolonizations elsewhere after 1960.
Competing with Spain, Portugal, the Dutch United Provinces and later England, France began to establish colonies in North America, the Caribbean and India in the 17th century. A series of wars with Great Britain and other European major powers during the 18th century and early 19th century resulted in France losing nearly all of its conquests. France rebuilt a new empire mostly after 1850, concentrating chiefly in Africa as well as Indochina and the South Pacific. Republicans, at first hostile to empire, only became supportive when Germany started to build their own colonial empire. As it developed, the new empire took on roles of trade with France, especially supplying raw materials and purchasing manufactured items as well as lending prestige to the motherland and spreading French civilization and language and the Catholic religion. It also provided manpower in the World Wars.It became a moral mission to lift the world up to French standards by bringing Christianity and French culture. In 1884, the leading proponent of colonialism, Jules Ferry, declared; The higher races have a right over the lower races, they have a duty to civilize the inferior races. Full citizenship rights – assimilation – were offered, although in reality assimilation was always receding [and] the colonial populations treated like subjects not citizens. France sent small numbers of settlers to its empire, contrary to Great Britain and previously Spain and Portugal, with the only notable exception of Algeria, where the French settlers nonetheless always remained a small minority.
At its apex, it was one of the largest empires in history. Including metropolitan France, the total amount of land under French sovereignty reached 11,500,000 km2 (4,400,000 sq mi) in 1920, with a population of 110 million people in 1939. In World War II, Charles de Gaulle and the Free French used the overseas colonies as bases from which they fought to liberate France. Historian Tony Chafer argues: In an effort to restore its world-power status after the humiliation of defeat and occupation, France was eager to maintain its overseas empire at the end of the Second World War. However, after 1945 anti-colonial movements began to challenge European authority. The French constitution of 27 October 1946 (Fourth Republic), established the French Union which endured until 1958. Newer remnants of the colonial empire were integrated into France as overseas departments and territories within the French Republic. These now total altogether 119,394 km² (46,098 sq. miles), which amounts to only 1% of the pre-1939 French colonial empire's area, with 2.7 million people living in them in 2013. By the 1970s, says Robert Aldrich, the last vestiges of empire held little interest for the French. He argues, Except for the traumatic decolonization of Algeria, however, what is remarkable is how few long-lasting effects on France the giving up of empire entailed.