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Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny (1736-1809, also known as Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma or Cossigny de Palma) was born in Port Louis the son of Jean-François Charpentier de Cossigny an engineer of the French East India Company. He was also the cousin of David Charpentier de Cossigny, who was Governor of India, Governor of Bourbon and Governor Mascarene. In 1773, while on a visit to Paris as a scholar and politician, he had asked the Colonial Secretary the right to establish a Chamber of Agriculture on the Isle de France (now Mauritius). The request was rejected, being considered a Cossigny "agitator" by the authorities, and the establishment of a representative body seen as an interference with the direct authority of the ministry.
Cossigny de Palma moved to Mauritius where he founded a colony called Palma, and created several acclimatisation gardens for imported fruit species. He is known for introducing the lychee to the islands of Bourbon and Isle de France in 1764 after several trips to China and the East. He was an early member of the Institut de France in 1795.[1][2][3]
See also
- List of gardener-botanist explorers of the Enlightenment
- European and American voyages of scientific exploration
References
- ^ Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Memory for the colony of Isle de France, in response to specific memory and the shareholders of the East India Company. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 37 p. 19 cm.
- ^ Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Summary Notes Summary Observations in response to, the Brief published for the colony of Isle de France. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 16 p. 26 cm
- ^ Gray, John. A Note on Joseph Francois Cossigny Carpenter (1736-1809), Tanganyika Notes and Records, Volume 51 (1958), pp. 246-249.
This article incorporates text from the French language Wikipedia article fr:Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny