Jacob van der Meersch

Jacob van der Meersch was governor of Mauritius from 1644 to 1648. He was succeeded by Reinier Por. Before van der Meersch, the governor was Adriaen van der Stel.

During his time as governor, progress was made in the domain of wood-cutting and a 5 kilometer road was built.[1]

Notes

"The Dutch Settlement". www.mauritiusencyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-04.

References

http://www.farelli.info/pages_colonies/africa/mauritius.htm Archived 2022-03-28 at the Wayback Machine

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.