Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc

Pierre Belain, sieur d'Esnambuc
Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc founding the colony of Martinique (by Théodore Gudin)
Governor general of the French Antilles
In office
1628 – December 1636
Preceded by(none)
Succeeded byPierre du Halde
Personal details
Born(1585-03-09)9 March 1585
Allouville, Normandy, France
Died1636(1636-00-00) (aged 50–51)
Saint Christopher Island (present-day Saint Kitts and Nevis)
OccupationTrader and adventurer

Pierre Belain, sieur d'Esnambuc (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ bəlɛ̃ sjœʁ denɑ̃byk]; 1585–1636) was a French trader and adventurer in the Caribbean, who established the first permanent French colony, Saint-Pierre, on the island of Martinique in 1635.[1]

  1. ^ Pierre Belain, sieur dEsnambuc. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2021.

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