Sieur de la Palme
The Sieur de la Palme was the
In 1667, the
La Palme arrived in Newfoundland on board the ship Saint-Sébastien. He received the mission from the King to help populate the colony of Plaisance, to encourage agriculture and to protect the French fishing interests. The new governor disembarked at Plaisance with 150 soldiers and numerous supplies, notably weapons stored in two warships that accompanied him from France.
La Palme built fortifications around Plaisance to protect from a possible attack from the English.
However, La Palme displeased the colonists with shows of authoritarianism. He demanded one third of the fish caught from the fishermen in exchange for provisions. Finally, the King relieveed him from his administrative functions in 1670 and replaced him with a new governor named
External links
- Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Marcel Trudel, La seigneurie de la Compagnie des Indes occidentales, 1663-1674, Histoire de la Nouvelle-France, éditions Fides, Québec, 1997
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