Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay

Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire.

In 1818, he captained a flotilla leaving Saint Louis, Senegal for the upper Senegal river. He founded the fort of Bakel when the low water level forced them to stop 900 km upriver.[1]

Titles Held

References

Pasquier, Roger (1987). [chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Foutremersfhom.free.fr%2Fouvrages%2Ftheserogerpasquierlesenegal1.pdf&clen=22841700&chunk=true "Le Sénégal au 19e siècle: La crise économique et social,"]. Thesis: 265. Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

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[1] Pasquier, Roger (1987). [chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=http%3A%2F%2Foutremersfhom.free.fr%2Fouvrages%2Ftheserogerpasquierlesenegal1.pdf&clen=22841700&chunk=true "Le Sénégal au 19e siècle: La crise économique et social,"]. Thesis: 265. Retrieved 12 February 2022. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)