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1625 establishments in New France

  • HaitiOn the 6th of December 1492, Christopher Columbus landed on the northeastern coast of Hispaniola and named the area Môle-Saint-Nicolas.
  • Saint-DomingueIn 1625, French buccaneers established a settlement on the island of Tortuga. They survived by pirating ships and eating wild cattle and hogs.