Difference between revisions of "Île de la Tortue"

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'''Ile de la Tortue - also La Tortue''' (transl. ''Turtle Island'') is located nort of Port de Paix and belongs to [[Haiti]]. Pirates active in the Caribbean, 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]].
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'''Ile de la Tortue''' - a.k.a. '''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]].
  
 
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]]
 
[[Category: Places of the Haitian Revolution]]

Revision as of 01:39, 15 October 2005

Ile de la Tortue - a.k.a. 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.

Together with Ille de la Gonave, La Tortue belongs to Haiti's main offshore territories.