Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon | |
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Born | May 5, 1817 |
Died | August 13, 1854 |
Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
Occupation(s) | Adventurer, filibuster, businessman |
Charles René Gaston Gustave de Raousset-Boulbon (May 5, 1817 – August 13, 1854) was a French adventurer, filibuster and entrepreneur and, by some accounts a pirate, and a theoretician of colonialism.