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Home > Haiti History > Haiti French Settlement And Sovereignty - The Buccaneers > Haiti - The First Permanent Settlement On Tortuga - Ile De La Tortue Haiti - The First Permanent Settlement On Tortuga - Ile De La Tortue The freewheeling society of Tortuga that was often described in romantic literature had faded into legend by the end of the seventeenth century.
The first permanent settlement on Tortuga was established in 1659 under the commission of King Louis XIV.
French Huguenots had already begun to settle the north coast of Hispaniola by that time. Next :: Haiti - Establishment Of The French West India Company In Santo Domingo
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