The island of Saint Helena, a top destination for Napoleon buffs

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6 жыл бұрын

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It's an island so remote that it takes a five-day boat ride from South Africa's Cape Town just to get there. But the voyage to Saint Helena is definitely worth it. This largely unspoilt British territory is home to barely 4,000 people. While some have never lived anywhere else, others come here to work for just a year or two. Once home to Napoleon Bonaparte, Saint Helena is also a favourite destination for tourists wishing to discover history. FRANCE 24 takes you to check it out.
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@StatelessPerson 6 жыл бұрын

Zero mention of the new airport, open a very short time ago if I remember correctly. Does that date the piece? -- And I was disappointed to hear nothing about his remarkable disinterment and relocation back to Paris, which was quite an episode that eventually had to have had an effect on the eventual rapprochement between the UK and France through Louis Napoleon and Queen Victoria. Or the legendary young English girl who formed a kind of relationship with the Emperor, but I was most disappointed not to have heard more about the new airport, which last I saw was soon to open.

@seferino 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best strategists.

@Oppistan 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Shepard.

@Zijostotijeuvaljivo 2 жыл бұрын

Its the best one

@jasonslatt2470 2 жыл бұрын

You mean best?

@williamfulgham2010 4 жыл бұрын

Obviously this video was produced several years ago well before the opening of the airport. Also, no mention was made of the internet although even today there is a very limited satellite link with the internet. We are all hoping that the island is able to connect to an undersea fiber link connecting west Africa and Brazil possibly in another two years or so. I noticed she does not use the more popular pronunciation of Saint Helena.

@balayethossainjoy1345 2 жыл бұрын

Saint Helena is very beautiful and wonderful place to visit if I Win my Lutto I will visit their From Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇿🇦

@edricklawrenceong7776 3 жыл бұрын

It's not so isolated anymore, nowadays it's just a single layover away from CDG.

@Brandon-nl1nf 9 ай бұрын

There’s nothing we can do

@JourneyBliss 6 жыл бұрын

Looks great

@MendAmar 2 жыл бұрын

0:35 Imagine Napoleon seeing a island to turn into a small city that back in his days it was just only his House.

@xixi1x34 2 жыл бұрын

Really?

@sebastians.9821 Жыл бұрын

@@xixi1x34 no there were people and slaves living down bellow. His home was located in the upper parts of the island were it was humid. He lived relatively close to his jailer’s home.

@xixi1x34 Жыл бұрын

@@sebastians.9821 was he allowed to walk and rome on island?

@sebastians.9821 Жыл бұрын

@@xixi1x34 cute story, he got along splendidly with his first jailer, also with a little 12 year old girl named Betsy Balcombe. Napoleon would race along the road before he moved to the Longwood House. He would also chat up soldiers. After he moved to the Longwood House and Betsy left his demeanor changed. He would walk around the outskirts and look down below, but I don’t believe he was allowed to mingle with people anymore. They were afraid he would sneak messages and try to escape. His new jailer didn’t even allow him to see his wife and son nor allow family members to visit him. He complained bitterly about the climate. Eventually he barely ever left his home and sickened.

@motivationallizard6644 3 ай бұрын

That’s Cape Town not St. Helena.

@coyotedust 3 ай бұрын

Imagine if Napoleon and Robert E. Lee were on the same side at the same time.

@idontknowexactlywhoiam2207 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video..

@prabhatmondal5552 2 жыл бұрын

ভালো লাগলো ।

@aprajita6486 Жыл бұрын

I wanna see this oh God can u hear me plz took me there

@Alex-zi8eh 3 жыл бұрын

“Wait who’s in charge of France?” “Mee!” Said Napoleon tying to take over Europe. *Luckily They Vanished Him Off to an Island.* But he came back! Luckily They Vanished Him to Another Island.

@thecanadiantuxedo6777 3 жыл бұрын

Bill wurtz, lol

@andreasschwarz1532 3 жыл бұрын

But he came back ! He fought for the Parliament

@PhilDaBank 2 жыл бұрын

A rabbit hole about the French Revolution brought me here.. What year is it ???

@user-qy6xl1lb9b 5 ай бұрын

You ready baby. Brother said this is our second home

@chaosXP3RT 6 жыл бұрын

Napoleon Bonaparte was the most successful general in history. He lost only 7 battles

@danishtan4136 4 жыл бұрын

But the loss was a lot

@deuxpomme9777 4 жыл бұрын

like Hannibal though, won the battles but lost the war If you want success look at Alexanders campaigns, something Napoleon himself admired

@ray817oneDEEP 3 жыл бұрын

My homie Khan was the greatest

@mrjjh121290 3 жыл бұрын

nah it was alexander

@andreasschwarz1532 3 жыл бұрын

As if the Americans want to conquer South Amerika now !

@YuRiSunga 3 жыл бұрын

5:29 is Napoleon sleeping?

@daireoreilly2548 3 жыл бұрын

Its a portrait of him dying

@addysidhu5669 4 жыл бұрын

Now they got a airport,

@iama2509 2 жыл бұрын

Why didn't Napoleon just fly away then huh?

@alexm566 2 жыл бұрын

@@iama2509 he didn't know how to fly, duh.

@EliasRoy 2 жыл бұрын

@@iama2509 🤦‍♂️. He died in 1821. The airplane was first invented by the Wright Brothers in 1903

@mrnarason 2 жыл бұрын

Kind of sad really

@Zero8880 4 ай бұрын

I used to ruuuule the world.....

@andindaalvin6436 3 жыл бұрын

This guy was so bad that every country in Europe declared war on him alone wow

@joshua6207 3 жыл бұрын

He was the greastest military leader ever... it took the UK , Austria, Prussia, Russia to defeat him. He didnt even want to fight in Waterloo but the UK wanted king louis back on his throne unfortunately even though the french people preferred napoleon

@leftenanalim 3 жыл бұрын

Bad is not the right word. Powerful is

@curiosity-educationalchann1041 2 жыл бұрын

Badass...could say almost entire world where most of world territory unde colonial rule

@seferino 2 жыл бұрын

Well, he was aggressive. Yes