There was another attempt at French Huguenot colonization, as such, in the New World. That was the France Antarctique venture in present-day Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1500s. It failed for various reasons, including tensions between the Huguenot settlers and those Catholic settlers that also came over, and it was ultimately destroyed and taken over by the Portuguese.
There was another attempt at French Huguenot colonization, as such, in the New World. That was the France Antarctique venture in present-day Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1500s. It failed for various reasons, including tensions between the Huguenot settlers and those Catholic settlers that also came over, and it was ultimately destroyed and taken over by the Portuguese.