The Woman Who Survived A Shipwreck, Starvation, And Isolation — The Incredible Story Of Marguerite De La Rocque
The method of control was the same; the circumstances were different, but the underlying approach was identical.
The colony failed.
In 1543, Roberval abandoned it and returned to France.
The “gold” he had sent back as evidence of the colony’s promise turned out to be iron pyrite.
The “precious stones” were quartz.
The colonial enterprise he had been appointed to lead was a complete failure.
The timing of his return to France — 1543 — and the estimated duration of Marguerite’s island ordeal (two and a half to three years from mid-1542) means that Marguerite may have still been on the island when Roberval returned.
She was still surviving her punishment while he was coming home from his failure.
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