When it comes to St. Helena, one hero who cannot but be mentioned is actually Napoleon, who was the greatest French military and politician of the 19th century. Even after many years, there are people who continue to remember Napoleon's heroic deeds, but in fact, for a long time, Napoleon did not consider himself French at all, because he was born in Corsica, and it was not until the middle of the 18th century that France annexed this place, and Corsica has since become French territory.
St. Helena
The newborn Napoleon was even proud of reviving Corsica at first, and gradually changed this idea until he became an adult, but Napoleon lived in a time when the bourgeoisie gradually entered the historical stage, due to the ideological impact of the Renaissance, which put society in a turbulent situation, that is, during this period, the French Revolution gradually rose, they overthrew the feudal dynasty, and Napoleon also in a series of foreign wars, constantly grabbed military merits, and seized power in the Misty Moon Coup.
Napoleon
Unfortunately, Napoleon was finally defeated by the Anti-French Alliance, the first time was exiled to the island of Elba, Napoleon who was not willing to lose with more than 700 soldiers regained the throne, but this time did not support for too long, although many people supported Napoleon, but finally suffered defeat, the second time Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena, and this time Napoleon never left the island, and finally died of illness 5 years later, and later learned through hair tests that Napoleon himself died of arsenic poisoning.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > past and present lives on St. Helena</h1>
Napoleon's penal colony of St. Helena is the territory of the British, but if you want to trace the origin, the earliest discovery of this island should be the Portuguese in the 16th century, the famous Portuguese navigator Castilly discovered this uninhabited island, because the day of discovery is Portugal's St. Helena Day, so the island was called St. Helena Island, and later the Dutch occupied the island for a short time, but as the British replaced the status of old countries such as Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands, The British began to colonize the island
The Portuguese first opened the island of St. Helena, which later became known as the colony of the British
Speaking of st. Helena in the early days of no one to live, which is why Portugal and the Netherlands did not colonize the island, and when the British occupied the island, in fact, the island was uninhabited, but because of the era of geographical discovery, frequent commercial exchanges around the world, after the British East India Company occupied the island, it moved to the island a large number of slaves bought from all over the world, and these slaves lived a miserable life on the island, and lasted for more than a hundred years.
The situation did not improve until the end of the 18th century, but the British initially regarded this place as a place of military colonization, so they sent a large number of garrisons and built most of the bunkers, and this period was also the most enjoyable era for Napoleon in Europe, but unfortunately, napoleon was finally imprisoned on st. Helena in 1815 after two defeats.
British East India Company
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > "heroes are useless."</h1>
Although St. Helena has always been occupied by the British, in fact there are subtle differences, because in the beginning as a colonial place, it was actually the British East India Company, when the European Coalition defeated Napoleon and decided to imprison him on St. Helena, the British royal family took the island back, until Napoleon died of illness, it was re-belonging to the East India Company, and the reason for choosing this place was mainly because St. Helena was far from the land.
Elba
Napoleon's initial captivity was on the island of Elba, and the reason why he chose not to kill him was mainly because Napoleon's prestige was too high, so everyone decided to imprison him. Elba as a place of imprisonment, judging from the subsequent development, is obviously not a good place, because he is too close to the land, and more importantly, he is also close to Napoleon's hometown of Corsica, and more importantly, the first time Napoleon was imprisoned, not as a prisoner, but as a duke with status and status, and a monthly salary.
Napoleon fled elba but unfortunately his re-established dynasty lasted only a hundred days
Every month there will be British ships to the island of Elba to deliver food to Napoleon, taking advantage of a certain day, Napoleon quietly bribed the captain, secretly loaded him on the ship, with great prestige, Napoleon suddenly disintegrated Louis XVIII sent to recruit his army of more than 100,000 people, trapped the dragon out of the mountains, and suddenly caused violent turmoil in Europe, so after the second defeat, Napoleon was not so well treated, and this time chose the penal colony, after fully referring to the disadvantages of Elba, chose st. Helena.
The geographical location of St. Helena
St. Helena is too far from the land, as an island with an important port, compared to Elba Island, St. Helena is like thrown in the middle of the ocean, and Napoleon no longer has a noble status, he lived in a villa dedicated to the east India Company employees, can only move around the villa 12 miles, so that Napoleon completely eliminated the possibility of communication with the outside world, and until Napoleon's death.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the rise and fall of St. Helena was accompanied by the prosperity of Britain</h1>
Although it was used as a penal colony, the role of St. Helena itself was not abandoned, and Napoleon stayed on this island for only 5 years, after 1834 the British royal family regained control of St. Helena and officially expanded as a colony, it is no exaggeration to say that before the Industrial Revolution, St. Helena was the most prosperous sea island, basically every passing ship had to anchor on St. Helena.
St. Helena witnessed the rise and growth of Britain during the Age of Discovery
The historical development of St. Helena also witnessed the rise of the United Kingdom, especially under the premise of the continuous development of global commerce, the global capital has begun to concentrate on the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom has gradually replaced Spain, Portugal and other old powers, but with the advent of the Industrial Revolution era, St. Helena island gradually disappeared, and the original docked ships have disappeared one by one, leaving a devastation, what is going on?
The rise of the Industrial Revolution and the opening of new shipping routes led to the loneliness of St. Helena
The cause of all this has to come from the steamship at the end of the 18th century, although in a short period of time, he did not bring much change to the whole society, but over time, the steamship, whether in speed or in the voyage, far beyond the ordinary sailing ships, and more importantly, with the emergence of ocean-going freighters, the small ships that need to be called in the port for replenishment are gradually eliminated, and the large cargo ships do not need to be replenished through the port, and more critically, after the opening of the Suez Canal, The original shipping lanes were changed, so the island of St. Helena gradually fell lonely.
Suez Canal location
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The role of St. Helena is becoming more and more limited, only in the case of war, it can appear as a strategic fortress, but the impact on the whole world pattern is not large, perhaps the role of St. Helena is only limited to the time when Napoleon was imprisoned, even if we think of St. Helena today, we will only think of Napoleon, and do not remember everything on this island, he may have the blood of laborers (including Chinese), the darkness of the black slave trade in the age of great navigation.
The place of Napoleon's captivity on the island of St. Helena
Today's St. Helena as a British territory, every year to receive British economic assistance, and limited to the geographical location, the local fishery, animal husbandry is more developed, but the industry is relatively small, only a simple handicraft industry, of course, as an island in the South Atlantic, the natural scenery itself is also very good, but unfortunately the once beautiful St. Helena Island is now silent, no one cares about it.