Compagnie de Saint-Christophe
The Compagnie de Saint-Christophe was a company created and chartered by French adventurers to exploit the island of Saint-Christophe, the present-day
Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique ('Company of the American Islands') and with a charge to colonize Sainte-Christophe, Martinique and Guadeloupe
.
On 15 September 1635, d'Esnambuc landed in the harbour of
St. Pierre with 150 French settlers after being driven off Saint-Christophe by the English. He claimed Martinique for King Louis XIII and the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique, establishing the first European settlement at Fort Saint-Pierre (now St. Pierre). His nephew, Jacques Dyel du Parquet
, assisted d'Esnambuc and in 1637 became he governor of the island.
See also
Sources
- Bonnassieux, Pierre (1892). Les grandes compagnies de commerce: étude pour servir à l'histoire de la colonisation [The grand companies of commerce: A study of their use in the history of colonization] (in French). Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit et Cie.