François de Razilly explained

François de Razilly was a French nobleman of the 17th century who led the colonial enterprise to found "France Équinoxiale".^[1] He headed a colonial party of about 500 to an island which would become the city of São Luís do Maranhão.^[1] He arrived in the island in August 1612.^[2]

He was the brother of two other famous sailors and explorers, Isaac de Razilly and Claude de Razilly.^[3]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=cwC9EbJrp7gC&pg=PA103 Decentring the Renaissance by Germaine Warkentin p.103ff
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=GuxL0-_scLwC&pg=PA148 A new world of animals Miguel de Asúa, Roger French p.148
3. The chevalier de Montmagny (1601–1657): first governor of New France by Jean-Claude Dubé, Elizabeth Rapley p.112 https://books.google.com/books?id=GKf5fiJHcIwC&pg=PA112