Gabriel de Clieu
Military Person
1687 – 1774
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Who was Gabriel de Clieu?
Gabriel-Mathieu Francois D'ceus de Clieu, naval officer, was the governor of Guadeloupe from 1737 to 1752 and the founder of Pointe-à-Pitre. He was awarded the rank of commander of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis.
De Clieu is celebrated for his claim to have introduced coffee to the French colonies of the Western Hemisphere in the 1720s and his support for its cultivation.
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