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La surprenante évolution de la Francophonie

Aux 17e et 18e siècles, la colonisation européenne accélère la globalisation du monde. Et la langue française est diffusée aussi au-delà de ses territoires européens.

Si cette diffusion commence sous l’Ancien régime déjà, notamment au Canada français, c’est vers 1880 que le mot francophonie apparaît sous la plume du géographe Onésime Reclus.