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Poland's Ribault: The Forgotten Admiral Who Sailed for America
While we have covered the partitions, the uprisings, and the constitutional struggles of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in previous episodes, there is one figure who slipped through the cracks of traditional national history. This episode explores the life of Jan Heweliusz’s contemporary and rival, but more importantly, it dives into the story of Mikołaj Habicht, a Polish nobleman who became an admiral in the French navy and played a pivotal role in the early colonization of North America. We will look at his involvement with Jean Ribault and René Goulaine de Laudonnière in Florida…
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