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remover hilltop comparison since the same hill shape is used in many other locations on the same map- probably not location specific
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We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

Update: A comment from @Jean Marie Becker points out that, due to the time frame this location is likely referencing the first French Colony attempt of Charlesbourg-Royal, -'established by Jacques Cartier in 1541'. Note the drawing of the hilltop fort on the wiki page in comparison to the map illistration depicting the flag on top of a prominent hill'established by Jacques Cartier in 1541'. enter image description here

(On a side note, it seems that recent changes in my browser (Chrome) now allow full page/site language conversion with a right-click menu option. This is an extremely useful feature as foreign language wiki entries on various subjects often have much more relevant information than the English wiki versions.)

We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

Update: A comment from @Jean Marie Becker points out that, due to the time frame this location is likely referencing the first French Colony attempt of Charlesbourg-Royal, -'established by Jacques Cartier in 1541'. Note the drawing of the hilltop fort on the wiki page in comparison to the map illistration depicting the flag on top of a prominent hill. enter image description here

(On a side note, it seems that recent changes in my browser (Chrome) now allow full page/site language conversion with a right-click menu option. This is an extremely useful feature as foreign language wiki entries on various subjects often have much more relevant information than the English wiki versions.)

We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

Update: A comment from @Jean Marie Becker points out that, due to the time frame this location is likely referencing the first French Colony attempt of Charlesbourg-Royal, -'established by Jacques Cartier in 1541'. enter image description here

(On a side note, it seems that recent changes in my browser (Chrome) now allow full page/site language conversion with a right-click menu option. This is an extremely useful feature as foreign language wiki entries on various subjects often have much more relevant information than the English wiki versions.)

updated to include info from comments
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We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

Update: A comment from @Jean Marie Becker points out that, due to the time frame this location is likely referencing the first French Colony attempt of Charlesbourg-Royal, -'established by Jacques Cartier in 1541'. Note the drawing of the hilltop fort on the wiki page in comparison to the map illistration depicting the flag on top of a prominent hill. enter image description here

(On a side note, it seems that recent changes in my browser (Chrome) now allow full page/site language conversion with a right-click menu option. This is an extremely useful feature as foreign language wiki entries on various subjects often have much more relevant information than the English wiki versions.)

We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

Update: A comment from @Jean Marie Becker points out that, due to the time frame this location is likely referencing the first French Colony attempt of Charlesbourg-Royal, -'established by Jacques Cartier in 1541'. Note the drawing of the hilltop fort on the wiki page in comparison to the map illistration depicting the flag on top of a prominent hill. enter image description here

(On a side note, it seems that recent changes in my browser (Chrome) now allow full page/site language conversion with a right-click menu option. This is an extremely useful feature as foreign language wiki entries on various subjects often have much more relevant information than the English wiki versions.)

cleaned up a little
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We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in northNorth America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

It appears the flag in question, by its location in north America would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three.

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Example of full French flag that era:

enter image description here

We can get a better view of the image from the Library of Congress page Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake's West Indian voyage, 1585-6, . It appears the flag in question, by its location in North America, would be a representation of a French flag.

enter image description here The illustrator has simplified the image due to space restrictions, only showing one fleur, where there should be three. If we zoom in a little more we can see the disctinctive shape of the fleur-de-lis:

enter image description here

Images from LOC

Here is an Example of the full French flag from that era:

enter image description here

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