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 ...

. He served as the island's governor from 1638 to 1639. He was succeeded by

Adriaan van der Stel Adriaan van der Stel (-Ceylon, 25 May 1646) was the ''opperhoofd'' of Mauritius from 1640 to 1645. He was succeeded by Jacob van der Meersch. Adriaan Van Der Stel succeeded Governor Cornelius Gooyer. He landed on the island with seventy men, ...

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