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Greatest extent of Napoleon I's empire, 1812
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne
Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
John Christian Schetky: The Battle of Trafalgar
Antoine-Jean Gros: Meeting Between Napoleon I and Francis I After the Battle of Austerlitz, 4 December 1805
Ernest Meissonier: 1807, Friedland
Nicolas Gosse: The Erfurt Interview, September 27–October 14, 1808: Napoleon I receiving Baron Vincent, Austrian diplomat and envoy of the Emperor of Austria
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Statistical map of Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812
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The true story of Napoleon Bonaparte
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