France Overseas

France is also France Overseas and French territories all over the world. Monsieur de France does not forget Reunion Island, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Mayotte, Saint Barthélémy, Saint Martin, Wallis and Futuna, Tahiti and French Polynesia, New Caledonia, French Guiana and Terre Adélie. 

A beach in Guadeloupe / Image by Fabien - Pixabay Ambassador

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The world's biggest pirate treasure remains to be discovered

Jérôme Prod'homme

Jérôme Prod'homme

The Buzzard's treasure: perhaps the greatest pirate treasure of all time. La Buse was a French pirate from Calais who plied the Pacific 3 centuries ago. He is famous for having taken two Dutch ships full of gold and diamonds. An enormous booty that he is said to have hidden somewhere on Reunion Island or Mauritius. A treasure, a real treasure, valued today at several billion euros. Just before his death, La Buse is said to have indicated where his riches were to be found. Discover the story of the biggest pirate treasure in history: a French treasure.