To raise your reputation, you can rescue damsels in the jungles, or rescue people floating in the water after a ship sinks (watch battles between your fort and pirates, when the pirates are sunk, go rescue them!).
There is also a Diplomat on Quebradas Costillas, but you have to pay him a lot of money to "fix" your relationship with any other nation...
However, I think you are at the point where you need to go to Falaise de Fleur but you can't get past the fort cannons. The French are SUPPOSED to be unfriendly, it's all part of the quest. Just go to a remote beach on FdF and travel by land to the port. When you are ready to connect up with the French captain, you can go back overland to your ship and do a "SailTo" so as to get where you need to be for your quest.
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There is also a Diplomat on Quebradas Costillas, but you have to pay him a lot of money to "fix" your relationship with any other nation...
However, I think you are at the point where you need to go to Falaise de Fleur but you can't get past the fort cannons. The French are SUPPOSED to be unfriendly, it's all part of the quest. Just go to a remote beach on FdF and travel by land to the port. When you are ready to connect up with the French captain, you can go back overland to your ship and do a "SailTo" so as to get where you need to be for your quest.
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