Maurice Benyovszky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Maurice Benyovszky

Hungarian traveller and writer

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1746

Place of Birth: Vrbové, Trnava Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 23-May-1786

Profession: writer, military personnel, explorer

Nationality: Hungary, Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Maurice Benyovszky

  • Count Maurice Benyovszky de Benyó et Urbanó (Hungarian: Benyovszky Máté Móric Mihály Ferenc Szerafin Ágost; Polish: Maurycy Beniowski; Slovak: Móric Benovský; 20 September 1746 – 24 May 1786) was a renowned military officer, adventurer and writer from the Kingdom of Hungary, who described himself as a Hungarian and a Pole.
  • He is considered a national hero in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Benyovszky was born and raised in Verbó, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Vrbové, Slovakia).
  • In 1769, while fighting for the Polish armies under the Bar Confederation, he was captured by the Russians and exiled to Kamchatka.
  • He subsequently escaped and returned to Europe via Macau and Mauritius, arriving in France.
  • In 1773, Benyovszky reached agreement with the French government to establish a trading post on Madagascar.
  • Facing significant problems with the climate, the terrain and the native Sakalava people, he abandoned the trading post in 1776. Benyovszky then returned to Europe, joined the Austrian Army and fought in the War of the Bavarian Succession.
  • After a failed venture in Fiume (present-day Rijeka), he travelled to America and obtained financial backing for a second voyage to Madagascar.
  • The French governor of Mauritius sent a small armed force to close down his operation, and Benyovszky was killed in May 1786. In 1790, Benyovszky's posthumous and largely fictitious account of his adventures (entitled Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky) was published to great success.

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