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
This is the amazing story of a 12-year-old slave whose ingenuity transformed vanilla production around the world. Thanks to his idea, vanilla was cultivated on a large scale and no longer became a luxury reserved for the kings and queens of the world. With a wave of his hand, Edmond Albius left an indelible mark on the history of gastronomy. It's a fine story, but, spoiler alert, he wasn't rewarded for what he invented.
It's the world's most isolated island: the island of passion (not love passion, given the setting) or Clipperton Island. Located in the North Pacific, it is part of French Polynesia and has.... Practically nothing!
French history
France Overseas
The world's biggest pirate treasure remains to be discovered
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.
