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| − | '''Ile de la Tortue''' - (also ''La Tortue'') (transl.''Turtle Island'') is located north of [[Port de Paix]] and belongs to [[Haiti]]. Pirates active in the [[Caribbean Sea]], started using the island as a base around 1600. In [[1802]], two years before the final victory of the Haitian revolution, many French fled to the island to escape the conflict and a [[yellow fever epidemic]]. | + | '''Ile de la Tortue''' - (also ''La Tortue'', English: ''Tortuga Island'') (transl.''Turtle Island'') is located north of [[Port de Paix]] and belongs to [[Haiti]]. Pirates active in the [[Caribbean Sea]], started using the island as a base around 1600. In [[1802]], two years before the final victory of the Haitian revolution, many French fled to the island to escape the conflict and a [[yellow fever epidemic]]. |
Together with Ille de la Gonave, La Tortue belongs to Haiti's main offshore territories. | Together with Ille de la Gonave, La Tortue belongs to Haiti's main offshore territories. | ||
[[Category: Places of the Haitian Revolution|Tortue, Ile de la]] | [[Category: Places of the Haitian Revolution|Tortue, Ile de la]] | ||
Revision as of 02:37, 11 April 2006
Ile de la Tortue - (also La Tortue, English: Tortuga Island) (transl.Turtle Island) is located north of Port de Paix and belongs to Haiti. Pirates active in the Caribbean Sea, started using the island as a base around 1600. In 1802, two years before the final victory of the Haitian revolution, many French fled to the island to escape the conflict and a yellow fever epidemic.
Together with Ille de la Gonave, La Tortue belongs to Haiti's main offshore territories.
