Principality of New Brittany in 1526

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After the war of the Holy League, Jean VI relaunched the colonization of New Britain with vigor. If from 1512 to 1514 he left only 900 colonists, he left 8100 from 1515 to 1522. But political and financial difficulties forced him to slow down from 1523. Thus he left only 1200 colonists from 1523 to 1526.
It is therefore a total of 127 ships, 5080 sailors and 10,200 settlers (including 3500 women) who leave for New Britain in 14 years.

In 1526 the colony had 34,400  inhabitants, including 3,300 white couples (14,800 people) and 1,900 mixed-race couples (8,500 people). The other 11,100 are Indians more or less subjected to forced labor.
Port Conan then had 4,400 inhabitants, Cascade 1300.
The population born in Europe is 8,500 people, while 19,800 settlers arrived in 26 years. Around 57% are therefore already dead. 8,200 people are Creoles (white people born in America) and 4,700 are mixed race. Most are still children.

In 1523 Jean VI obtained from the King of France, the erection of New Britain into an independent Principality. The King of France will nickname him, with a mocking air, "Jean Ier Prince of the Cannibals" - Native here are cannibals.
He will obtain this recognition from the King of Spain and the Pope in 1526. He also obtains a bishop directly dependent on the Pope (and therefore independent of France) for New Brittany.

In total, from 1496 to 1526, i.e. 30 years, Jean VI will have hired 298 ships, 10,310 sailors and 19,800 settlers for a total of 1,576,000 LT, of which 943,000 at his expense, i.e. double the Château de Chambord under François Ier. Private investors are committing 633,000 LT.
The colony of Brazil brought in 850,000 LT from 1496 to 1526, including 70,000 for the duke. The profit for the private sector is 147,000 LT but the duke is in deficit of 873,000 LT or 16% of his budget over the period. It was the maximum possible.