Martinique
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| Martinique | |
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| General information | |
| Continent |
North America |
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| Notable inhabitants |
Governor of Martinique |
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| Population |
Arawaks (formerly) |
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Martinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Tumen, Constance Magliore and Jean Magliore have visit the island when they worked aboard the Seraph.
[edit] History
Martinique was originaly inhabited by Arawak and Carib peoples. Christopher Columbus came across the island in 1493, making the region known to European interests. In 1635, Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc landed with a hundred French settlers from Saint Kitts, settling in the northwest part of the island.
The French settlers systematically fought the fiercly resisting Caribs for territorial control, a battle that increased in brutality as the French settlers desired increased territory to grow sugar cane on the island. Between 1640 and 1660, those Caribs who had survived the fighting were forcibly removed from the island. Many were killed in a brutal massacre in the area of Fort-Royal. The city later become a major port for ships following the trade winds from Europe.
By the middle of the 17th century, France was the dominant European power on the island. Although labor intenstive, sugar was a lucrative product to trade, and cultivation on Martinique soon focused only on growing and trading sugar. In 1642, king Louis XIII authorised an action referre to as "La Traite des Noirs" that allowed for black people to be seized from Africa and forcibly brought to work as slaves on the French sugar plantations.
In April 1721, French Governor of Martinique was captured and hanged by notorious pirate Bartholomew Roberts.
[edit] Appearances
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow: The Siren Song (First mentioned)
