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Where was the first French colony?

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The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "first colonial empire", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost, and the "second colonial empire", which began with the conquest of Algiers in 1830. read more

The colony failed, but out of these explorations the French fur trade with the Native Americans (First Nations) of the gulf and the river regions began. Title page of Histoire de la Nouvelle France (1609; History of New France) by Marc Lescarbot. read more

Champlain Italian-born Giovanni da Verrazano was the first to explore the region between Florida and Newfoundland for a route to the Pacific Ocean. read more

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