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Tag: Corsica

Europe, Cruises, France, Iberian Idyl and Mediterranean Eclipse Collector Cruise, Summer of '26Leave a comment

Corsica, Can We Claim a New Country?

August 26, 2026August 26, 2026 Rich McClear

Had Napoleon been born any earlier he would have been Italian and not French.  Napoleon was born in Ajaccio, Corsica’s capital, in 1769.   Corsica had been ruled by the Italian state of Genoa from 1284 to 1755 when it became … Continue reading Corsica, Can We Claim a New Country?

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