France Antarctique
French colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1555-67) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the French colonies in South America. For the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, see Adélie Land.
France Antarctique (formerly also spelled France antartique) was a French colony in Rio de Janeiro, in modern-day Brazil, which existed between 1555 and 1567, and had control over the coast from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio. The colony quickly became a haven for Huguenots, and was ultimately destroyed by the Portuguese in 1567.