Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Nave . Ari . Gates Jr. . Henry Louis . Henry Louis Gates Jr. . Appiah . Kwame Anthony . Kwame Anthony Appiah . Encyclopedia of Africa . 10.1093/acref/9780195337709.001.0001 . 2010 . . Oxford, Oxfordshire . Mauritius . https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195337709.001.0001/acref-9780195337709-e-2567?rskey=SiLk29&result=802 . 978-0-19-533770-9 .
2. Book: Cunat . Charles . Charles Cunat . Saint-Malo illustré par ses marins: précédé d'une notice historique sur cette ville depuis sa fondation jusqu'à nos jours . https://archive.org/details/saintmaloillust00cunagoog/page/n314/mode/1up . 1857 . Imprimerie de F. Péalat . Rennes, France . Guillaume Dufresne, Sieur d'Arsel . 306–308 . French . Saint-Malo Illustrated by Its Sailors: Preceded by a Historical Notice on This City from Its Founding to the Present Day . 457309267.