Abstract
Only 15 years after the defeat of Napoleon, France again became involved in an overseas adventure of conquest and colonisation. The invasion of Algiers marked a new step in the creation of an empire in Africa, although it took over 80 years for France to gain control over Algeria, the protectorates of Tunisia and Morocco, and the large expanses of sub-Saharan Africa administered as French West Africa (Afrique Occidentale Française, AOF) and French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Equatoriale Française, AEF). In addition, France established an outpost on the horn of Africa, in the east, and took over the enormous island of Madagascar and the small archipelago of the Comoros in the Indian Ocean. France thereby claimed its share — a generous portion — of the ‘Dark Continent’.KeywordsINDIAN OceanSuez CanalTrading PostFrench AuthorityChief MinisterThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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