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in 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first known person to swim the English Channel.

Webb swam from Admiralty Pier at Dover to Calais.

It took him 21 hours and 40 minutes.

Although the Channel is 21 miles at its narrowest, Webb’s zig-zag course was nearly 40 miles.

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2020-08-25

was a daughter of Boreas and Oreithyia and sister of Cleopatra,Zetes,and Calais. Poseidon got her pregenant with Eumolpus, and in order to conceal this,she threw the boy into the sea; he was saved by Poseidon and Khione became of

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2020-07-25

17 July 1453. French forces under Jean Bureau defeated the English led by the Earl of Shrewsbury at the Battle of Castillon. It’s considered the last major battle of the Hundred Years’ War. As a result, the English lost all landholdings in France, except Calais.

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2020-07-17

Voici une carte bathymétrique relevant les principales épaves ayant sombrées dans le détroit du pas de Calais (strait of Dover). Un exercice que j'avais fait l'année passée ! ⚓

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2020-07-13

This week on images of Billy H, starting w/ WE Edwards after WP Frith Hogarth before the Commandant at Calais 1860. Arrested as a spy, H told if there had been no peace between GB & Fr he wd have been hanged 'immediately on the ramparts.' NB H's pug🐕

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2020-06-29

Today's is James McArdell's fab mezzotint after H's Rembrandt-style portrait of friend & engraver John Pine (original c.1755). H used JP as model for the friar in Calais Gate (1748 engr 1749) leading to the nickname "Friar Pine". Prints

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2020-05-18

Pour la semaine du 17 mai, journée mondiale contre les LGBTphobies, j'ai réalisé huit affiches pour le Planning Familial du Pas-de-calais. Voici les quatre premières. ❤️

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2020-05-13

Stream sur... le mode histoire de Blazblue Central Fiction ! On tente de comprendre pourquoi tout le monde est frère est soeur comme si c'était le nord pas de calais. Venez ! 🔴 https://t.co/YEbnw3z3jn

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2020-04-25

2015

First time revamping my ocs Marius and Calais because even though the rp group died I still love them 😊

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2020-04-12

in 1869, composer Hector Berlioz died at his Paris home, No.4 rue de Calais, at 30 minutes past midday, surrounded by friends at the age of 65. Montmartre Cemetery, Paris https://t.co/ypXM0uN4GP

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2020-03-08

Pier de Calais
1803
Joseph Mallord William Turner

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2020-03-01

🚨Nekfeu aurait tourné un clip dans le Pas-de-Calais !

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2020-02-20

. signs graphic novel from former Calais refugee Majid Adin https://t.co/tJMwOAdVpv (£)

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2020-02-12

Turner’s painting is based on an actual event he experienced, when he travelled from Dover to Calais in 1802 on his first trip abroad and was ‘nearly swampt‘ in a storm at sea. https://t.co/WOSvjnJoNx Calais Pier
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1803

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2020-01-03

now we're getting into ocs again
aristos (2012 -> 2019)
calais (2012 -> 2019)

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2020-01-01

This was a temporary exhibition about the refugee camps in the Calais area... harrowing & moving.

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2019-11-20

Born Auguste Rodin iconic French & progenitor of modern sculpture spent years in obscurity before achieving international fame for creating truly sublime works inc. famed The Thinker The Kiss The Gates of Hell The Burghers of Calais & Monument to Balzac

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2019-11-12

Calais - Fréthun
カレー・フレタン駅

この駅を最後に大陸を後にします

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2019-10-20