Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel (born in 1668 in Saint-Malo, France) established French rule of Mauritius under the French East India Company in 1715.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Nave, Ari (2010). "Mauritius". In Gates Jr., Henry Louis; Appiah, Kwame Anthony (eds.). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195337709.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-533770-9.
  2. ↑ Cunat, Charles (1857). "Guillaume Dufresne, Sieur d'Arsel". Saint-Malo illustré par ses marins: précédé d'une notice historique sur cette ville depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours [Saint-Malo Illustrated by Its Sailors: Preceded by a Historical Notice on This City from Its Founding to the Present Day] (in French). Rennes, France: Imprimerie de F. Péalat. pp. 306–308. OCLC 457309267.


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