Gabriel-Mathieu de Clieu
Gabriel-Mathieu de Clieu (also Gabriel d'Erchigny de Clieu ; * 1687 ; † November 29, 1774 ) was a French naval officer, royal lieutenant and governor of Guadeloupe .
Act
In 1723 he succeeded in bringing a coffee tree from the Jardin des Plantes in Paris to the island of Martinique , thereby laying the foundation for coffee cultivation in the French colonies . During the crossing he shared his drinking water ration with the plant. The first harvest was possible in 1726. He arrived in Guadeloupe on August 17, 1737, coming from France.
literature
- Jacques Le Cornec: Un royaume antillais. D'histoires et de rêves et de peuples mêlés. L'Harmattan, Paris et al. 2005, ISBN 2-7475-8589-1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer: The world of caffeine: the science and culture of the world's most popular drug , pp. 241ff. Digitized
- ↑ BnF catalog général
- ↑ So fiery In: Der Spiegel from January 1, 1973
- ^ MA Lacour: Histoire de la Guadeloupe Volume 1, 1855, p. 243 ff. Digitized
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| SURNAME | Clieu, Gabriel-Mathieu de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erchigny de Clieu, Gabriel the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French naval officer, royal lieutenant and governor of Guadeloupe |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1687 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1774 |