From Settlement to Superpower

Episode 24 – France Antarctique


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We talk all about the first Huguenot attempt to establish a safe haven overseas, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon's colony of France Antarctique. Villegaignon, however, was a deeply flawed leader, and the colony soon fell to pieces as religious brawling supplanted productive activity. The Portuguese eventually rubbed out the colony, effectively in 1560 and entirely in 1567. But France Antarctique was only the beginning, and Coligny was determined to create a Huguenot haven in America.
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