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    France Antarctique (formerly also spelled France antartique) was a French colony in Rio de Janeiro, in modern-day Brazil, which existed between 1555 and...
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    The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) is an overseas territory (French: Territoire d'outre-mer...
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    from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique ('opposite to the Arctic') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus ('opposite...
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    [J.-Ch.] (1900). "Diagnoses d'insectes recueillis par l'expédition antarctique Belge: Diptères". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 44:...
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    for Antarctica (itself not a country). It is derived from the French Antarctique and is reserved for organizations that work in Antarctica or promote...
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    March 2024. French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises or TAAF); overseas territory of France (since 1956). It is...
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    built Fort Coligny on the island when attempting to establish the France Antarctique colony. Eventually this French settlement became too much of a threat...
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    at that time (according to André Thévet - "Singularités de la France Antarctique"). The Tupinambá responded to this outrage with the Tamoio Confederation...
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    colony in Brazil were made, with the short-lived formation of France Antarctique. In June 1559, with war against the Habsburgs concluded, Henri established...
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    Territories (France) 439,781 100 2019 — Saint Pierre Terres australes et antarctiques françaises FRA-TF Kenya 582,650 39,002,772 2009 66 Nairobi Kenya KEN...
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  • "Loi n° 55-1052 du 6 août 1955 portant statut des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises et de l'île de Clipperton" [Law n° 55-1052 of 6 August 1955...
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    territories south of 60° south latitude Code taken from name in French: Antarctique AR Argentina 1974 .ar AS American Samoa 1974 .as AT Austria 1974 .at...
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    The France Antarctique (Brazilian ball) for Henry II of France in Rouen, 1 October 1550. 300 naked men were employed to illustrate life in Brazil and...
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    the Guanabara Bay and instituted a French colony in the region, France Antarctique. The region was avoided by the Portuguese because of the hostility of...
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    Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (category France Antarctique)
    historical figure in the attempt for king Henry II to build a "France Antarctique", by invading present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1555 with a fleet...
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    (1558): About birds of Ascension Island. In: Les singularitez de la France Antarctique, autrement nommee Amerique, & de plusieurs terres & isles decouvertes...
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    garrison lacked supplies, however, and the soldiers (as in the France Antarctique) soon ran away. The French returned two years later but settled in present-day...
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    "Guide Pratique De L'hivernant" (PDF) (in French). Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises. p. 30. Retrieved 18 August 2012. "Current Times In French...
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    Brazilwood cycle [pt] Sugar cycle Slavery Slave trade State of Brazil France Antarctique Bandeirantes Jesuit missions Quilombo dos Palmares France Equinoxiale...
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    Terres Australes comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pôle Antarctique où se voyent les nouvelles découvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de...
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    Portuguese territory at Guanabara Bay, which would be called France Antarctique. While a Portuguese ambassador was sent to Paris to report the French...
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  • Jean de Cointac (category France Antarctique)
    voyagers attempting the French colonization of Brazil called France Antarctique. His theological theories brought him into conflict in the French fort...
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  • Belgium was one of the 12 countries that initially negotiated and signed the Antarctic Treaty (Washington, 1959). The first Belgian expedition of scientific...
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    55-1052 du 6 août 1955 modifiée portant statut des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises et de l'île de Clipperton [Law No. 55-1052 of 6 August 1955...
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    French invasions in Brazil (category France Antarctique)
    that flowed into the bay. Even on Governador Island, where the France Antarctique should be set up. Other mamluks created by the French were with the Potiguara...
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    Brazilwood cycle [pt] Sugar cycle Slavery Slave trade State of Brazil France Antarctique Bandeirantes Jesuit missions Quilombo dos Palmares France Equinoxiale...
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    Brazilwood cycle [pt] Sugar cycle Slavery Slave trade State of Brazil France Antarctique Bandeirantes Jesuit missions Quilombo dos Palmares France Equinoxiale...
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    Anchieta were instrumental in the defeat of the French colonists of France Antarctique by managing to pacify the Tamoio natives, who had previously fought the...
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    April 2017. "Europa". Districts - îles Eparses. Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Warne, Kennedy...
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  • (1558), 1558 battle between France and Portugal in Henriville (France Antarctique) Battle of Rio de Janeiro (1567), or the Battle of Guanabara Bay, 1567...
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