Coffee production in Martinique Coffee production in Martinique Coffee production in Martinique dates to 1723 and its establishment is credited to the French naval officer Gabriel de Clieu. It later spread to other places in the Caribbean and South America from Martinique, an overseas region of France. Jules Rossignon wrote that in 1723, Royal Physician Pierre Chirac gave Gabriel de Clieu, a French navy lieutenant, a coffee tree to be planted in Martinique. In spite of King Louis XV refusing permission to do so, de Clieu took a cutting from a coffee plant in the royal gardens and planted it in Martinique. He gave
Martinique macaw of Europeans. The identity and distribution of indigenous macaws in the Caribbean is only likely to be further resolved through palaeontological discoveries and examination of contemporary reports and artwork. Bouton's original description of the Martinique macaw is reproduced below, translated from French: A translation of the original French description of ""Ara erythrura"" by de Rochefort follows below: In spite of the fact that the tail of ""Ara erythrura"" was described as entirely red, the plate in Rothschild's "Extinct Birds" showed a blue tip, which Charles Wallace Richmond complained about in his review of the book. Martinique macaw The Martinique macaw