Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon

Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon
Born(1817-05-05)May 5, 1817
Avignon, Vaucluse, France
DiedAugust 13, 1854(1854-08-13) (aged 37)
Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
OccupationsAdventurer, 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.

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