Francois Simars de Bellisle (1695-1763) was a Frenchman who was shipwrecked on the Bolivar Peninsula, near present-day Galveston, Texas, in 1722. He had been sailing for New Orleans.
Francois Simars de Bellisle, born in 1695 and passing away in 1763, found himself shipwrecked on the Bolivar Peninsula near Galveston, Texas, while en route to New Orleans in 1722.