What French colonies were in Africa, Asia, Oceania in the 18th century AD?

France, starting in the sixteenth century, pursued an active colonial policy and owned vast territories on all inhabited continents. Already in the 17th century, the French Empire in Africa included the Atlantic coast in the west of the continent, near the mouth of the Senegal River, as well as the Reunion Islands, Mauritius, and Seychelles. In Asia, the French had by this time taken possession of some parts of India (southern and eastern coastal parts). Parts of Oceania, Indochina and northern Africa became colonies of France only in the 19th century.



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