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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 1567, and had control over the coast from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio. The colony quickly became a haven for Huguenots, and was ultimately destroyed by the Portuguese in 1567.
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- The New Found World, or Antarctike - Wikipedia
La France antarctique est une éphémère colonie française qui occupa la baie de Guanabara, à Rio de Janeiro, au Brésil, de 1555 à 1560.
French Southern and Antarctic Territories, French overseas territory consisting of the islands of Saint-Paul and Nouvelle Amsterdam and the island groups of Kerguelen and Crozet in the southern Indian Ocean, as well as the Adélie Coast on the Antarctic continent.
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His most significant book was The New Found World, or Antarctike, which compiled a number of different sources and his own experience into what purported to be a firsthand account of his experiences in France Antarctique, a French settlement near modern Rio de Janeiro .
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