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1625-00-00: (France Establishes a Colony on Tortuga, the Foothold That Would Eventually Lead to French Control of the West of the Larger Island and the Creat…

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1625-00-00: (France Establishes a Colony on Tortuga, the Foothold That Would Eventually Lead to French Control of the West of the Larger Island and the Creation of Saint-Domingue): In 1625, France established a colony on the island of Tortuga off the northwestern coast of the larger island. What began as a base for buccaneers and adventurers would gradually develop into France’s entry point for colonizing the western third of the island. Tortuga was the seed from which Saint-Domingue, the most profitable colony in the history of the world, would grow.