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A large anchorage at the northeastern end of Madagascar - St. Mary's is an elongated strand just south of the entrance to the Bay. The region has been a resort of European mariners since the 16th century, and both the island and the mainland have played host to a number of establishments
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
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To British Pirates | c. 1550 | 1817 | Antongil Bay | ||
Adam Baldridge | 1691 | c. 1695 | Antongil Bay | ||
Edward Welsh | fl. c. 1698 | ? | Took in Captain Kidd's haul for the Quedah Merchant. | Antongil Bay | |
James Plantain | 1715 | 1728 | Antongil Bay | ||
To "Empire" of Madagascar | 1779 | 1783 | Antongil Bay | ||
Count Matus Moric Benovsky (Matthew Maurice Benovsky) | 1774 | 1786 | See Footnotes 1 | Antongil Bay | |
Vacant | 1786 | 1817 | Antongil Bay | ||
To Madagascar | 1817 | 1897 | Antongil Bay | ||
To France | 1897 | 1960 | Antongil Bay | ||
To Madagascar | 1960 | Present | Antongil Bay |
Footnotes |
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1. Slovak noble who seems to have represented both French and Austrian interests at one time or another, was recognized for a decade by numerous Madagascarans as "Emperor" of the island - he was based at Louisbourg, on the Bay of Antongil. Quite the adventurer, he was among other things active in the American Revolution. |
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