Cornelius Gooyer was a
Dutchman who established a settlement in
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
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He served as the island's governor from 1638 to 1639. He was succeeded by
Adriaan van der Stel.
References
Dutch Governors of Mauritius
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