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    Nicolas Durand, sieur de Villegaignon, also Villegagnon (1510 – 9 January 1571) was a Commander of the Knights of Malta, and later a French naval officer...
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    Villegagnon Island (former Serigipe Island—original Portuguese: Ilha de Villegagnon—also known in English as: Villegaignon Island, Island of Villegagnon...
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    (current Ilha de Villegagnon), where they built the Coligny Fort. To counter Portuguese forces, the French commander, Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, formed...
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    d'Écosse. 1558. Pierre Ronsard. La paix. 1559. Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon. Responce par le chevalier de Villegaignon aux Remonstrances faictes à la royne...
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    expedition of around one hundred men on two ships, commanded by Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, sailed into Guanabara Bay with the aim of establishing a colonization...
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    now called Villegagnon Island, was occupied by 500 French colonists under admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. Consequently, Villegagnon built Fort...
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  • gentleman Philippe de Corguilleray, who had been asked by Gaspard de Coligny to come to the aid of admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon, who was asking...
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  • aboard the second set of ships to reach France Antarctique, after Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon and his crew made the first successful voyage in November...
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    established until French colonists and soldiers, under the Huguenot Admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon invaded the region in 1555 to establish the France Antarctique...
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    Fort Coligny (category Buildings and structures in Rio de Janeiro (city))
    Fort Coligny was a fortress founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1555, in what constituted the so-called France Antarctique...
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    called Villegagnon Island, was occupied by 500 French colonists under the French admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. Consequently, Villegagnon built...
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    Richier accompanied Philippe de Corguilleray to Brazil in 1556 at the request of the French soldier and explorer Villegagnon. After the failure of the expedition...
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    Urca (redirect from Urca, Rio de Janeiro)
    from here, expelling them from the nearby Villegagnon Island (named after the French commander Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon). The street now called Rua...
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  • conjecture and guess.” Durand de Villegagnon, Nicolas; Tolet, Pierre (1874). Relation de Charles-Quint contre Alger suivie de la traduction du texte latin...
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    the Portuguese in 1567. On November 1, 1555, French vice-admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510–1575), a Catholic knight of the Order of Malta...
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    sent bombardment ships to Algiers. Villegagnon, Nicolas Durand de. Relation de Charles-Quint contre Alger ; suivie de la traduction du texte latin par Pierre...
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    Havana was seized by Jacques de Sores in 1555. The first attempts at colonization were made under vice-admiral Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, who was joined...
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