Augustin de Beaulieu
Augustin de Beaulieu (1589–1637) was a
Admiral Montmorency.[1]
Biography
Born at
Gambia.[2][3] In 1616 he joined an expedition to the East as captain of a small ship in the fleet led by Captain De Nets.[3]
de Beaulieu again sailed in 1619. The fleet was sent from Honfleur, to fight
Iskander Muda (1607–36) to obtain a trading license and the agreement to establish a factory.[2]
They encountered the Dutch fleet off
Treaty of Compiègne, Richelieu obtained an agreement with the Dutch to cease fighting in the East.[1][5]
de Beaulieu advocated for a French settlement on
Compagnie des Indes Orientales
, that a proper attempt would be made to settle the island. Beaulieu wrote in 1631-32:
I find the island [Madagascar] proper, once we are established there, for adventures to any place in the East Indies... for from the said place at the due season
Bantam can easily be followed.— Augustin de Beaulieu, 1631-32.[6]
de Beaulieu participated to the Siege of La Rochelle with the Royal fleet in 1627–28, as well as in the capture of Sainte-Marguerite island.[7]
He died of influenza in Toulon in 1637.
See also
- 1620 Robben Island earthquake
- France-Asia relations
Works
- A. Beaulieu: De rampspoedige scheepvaart der Franschen naar Oostindien, Éd. Jan Tiewertsz and Pieter Arentsz, Amsterdam, 1669, 4to., 8 gravures. 170 p.
- Mémoires d'un voyage aux Indes orientales, 1619-1622, École française d'Extrême-Orient, [Paris] / Maisonneuve & Larose, Paris, 1996 (Pérégrinations asiatiques)
Notes
- ^ a b Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 1 Donald F. Lach p. 398 [1]
- ^ a b c d e First globalization: the Eurasian exchange, 1500 to 1800 Geoffrey C. Gunn p. 156 [2]
- ^ a b [3] Cambridge geographical series p. 60
- ^ Cape Town: the making of a city : an illustrated social history Nigel Worden p. 12 [4]
- ^ Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume III: A Century of Advance. Book 1 by Donald F. Lach pp. 93-94 [5]
- ^ [6] The Cambridge history of the British Empire, p. 62
- ^ [7] A new general biographical dictionary by Hugh James Rose p. 439
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