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SAILORS AND TRAVELLERS Corsican cape dwellers have always had a special relationship with the sea. Most of the famous Corsican sailors come from this region. They made their name through their military or commercial activities. Four ships at Lepante In October 1571, some Corsicans engaged in one of the greatest naval battles in history. Three galleys and a felucca left the small port of Macinaghju to join the Genoese squadron, commanded by Andrea Doria. A painting testifying to the presence of Corsican ships at Lepante is on display in the church of Sant'Agnellu de Ruglianu. Maritime trade The Cap-Corse was a very commercial region from where an important wine production left for the Tuscan and Roman markets. Already practised by the great feudal families of the Middle Ages, this trade intensified in modern times. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Genoese granted the monopoly of maritime traffic between the island and the terra ferma to the Corsican patrons, whose merchant fleet reached nearly 200 ships. Several Cape Corsican marinas, such as Santa Severa, were home to shipyards. The fleet of the "Nazione di Corsica Pasquale Paoli called on the Cap Corsicans to form the fleet of the "Nazione di Corsica" in the 18th century. In 1767, under the command of Achille Murati, an expeditionary corps, made up of the best sailors, took control of the island of Capraja, the last bastion occupied by the Genoese. A passion for the sea In 1876, in Marseille, the novelist Joseph Conrad met Dominique Cervoni, a Corsican sailor. Originally from Luri, Cervoni introduced Conrad to the art of the sea during two trips to the West Indies. The writer will always remember him. Moreover, the figure of Cervoni will largely inspire his work. "Buscando fortuna In the 19th century, the Cap Corsins were at the heart of a wave of immigration. The economic difficulties of the time encouraged people to leave for the Americas. Some families made their fortune in Venezuela, Haiti, Santo Domingo or Puerto Rico. In the air too... In 1886, Louis Capazza, an aeronaut from Luri, reached Ajaccio from Marseille with the airship "le Gabizos". In 1910, he made the first airship crossing of the English Channel in the "Morning-Post".

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