La Rosette is a settlement in
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
in the commune of
Le Moule
Le Moule ( gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Moul) is the sixth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Guadeloupe. It is located on the northeast side of the island of Grande-Terre.
History
Beginning 1635 with the arrival of the French ...
, on the island of
Grande-Terre
Grande-Terre Island (french: île de Grande-Terre / île de la Grande-Terre; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwantè) is the name of the eastern-half of Guadeloupe proper, in the Lesser Antilles. It is separated from the other half of Guadeloupe ...
.
Footprint, Caribbean Islands
'. Footprint Handbooks; 2002. p. 654. It is located to the west of
Lemercier and to the south of
Palais-Sainte-Marguerite
Palais-Sainte-Marguerite is a settlement in Guadeloupe in the commune of Le Moule, on the island of Grande-Terre. It is located to the east of Sainte-Marguerite and to the west of Lemercier and Le Moule
Le Moule ( gcf, label=Antillean Cre ...
.
La Rosette is the site of the Edgar Clerc Archeological Museum, which exhibits pre-Columbian artifacts which Clerc collected from the surrounding area.
[Kay Showker. ]
Caribbean Ports of Call: A Guide for Today's Cruise Passengers
'. Globe Pequot Press; February 2004. . p. 171.[Alfred Neumann. ]
The Caribbean: The Lesser Antilles
'. Nelles; 1986. . p. 135.
References
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Populated places in Guadeloupe