Jacques Cassard (30 September 1679 – 1740) was a French naval officer and privateer.
22-425: Cassard may refer to: Jacques Cassard (1679–1740), French privateer and naval officer Philippe Cassard (born 1962), French classical pianist Stéphane Cassard (1972– ), French footballer French ship Cassard , the name of several French Navy ships Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
44-456: A French post established in 1644 near present-day Paramaribo. All earlier settlements were abandoned some time before the arrival of English settlers in 1650 to found Surinam . They were sent by the English governor of Barbados, Lord Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham , and established a town on the site of Paramaribo (though probably south of the current town center). The town
66-660: A family of merchants of Nantes, Cassard began a career as a sailor at age 14 on the merchantmen owned by his family. In January 1697, he joined the French Navy on bombship Éclatante . In 1700, Cassard became a merchantman captain. The next year, the War of the Spanish Succession broke out, and Cassard converted to a privateer . In 1705, he captained the privateer Saint Guillaume , capturing 12 merchantmen and raiding Cork . Two years later, he captured 13 merchantmen with
88-593: A significant number of Brazilians, Guyanese and new Chinese immigrants have settled in Paramaribo. Paramaribo is the business and financial centre of Suriname. Even though the capital city does not produce significant goods itself, almost all revenues from the country's main export products gold , oil, bauxite , rice , and tropical wood are channeled through its institutions. All banks, insurance corporations and other financial and commercial companies are headquartered in Paramaribo. Around 75 percent of Suriname's GDP
110-675: Is Anton de Kom University of Suriname , the country's only university. Paramaribo is home to four hospitals, the Academic Hospital Paramaribo , 's Lands Hospitaal , Sint Vincentius Hospital and Diakonessenhuis . The Dutch colonial town established in 17th and 18th centuries was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. The historic inner city is located along the left bank of the Suriname River. The original architecture of buildings and street plan has largely remained intact and preserved. Paramaribo
132-697: Is consumed in Paramaribo. Tourism is an increasingly important sector, with most visitors coming from the Netherlands. Administratively, Paramaribo forms its own district in Suriname. The resorts of Paramaribo district therefore correspond to boroughs of the city. There are twelve resorts in the Paramaribo district: Paramaribo is served by the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport and Zorg en Hoop Airport for local flights. The Jules Wijdenbosch Bridge , which
154-399: Is famed for its diverse ethnic makeup with 27% identifying as Creoles (African or mixed African-European descent), 23% as East Indian , 18% as Multiracial , 16% as Maroons (descendants of escaped enslaved Africans), 10% as Javanese , 2% as Indigenous , 1.5% as Chinese , and smaller numbers of Europeans (primarily of Dutch and Portuguese descent), Lebanese and Jews. In the past decades
176-789: Is located on the Suriname River , approximately 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) inland from the Atlantic Ocean, in the Paramaribo district . Paramaribo features a tropical rainforest climate ( Af ), under the Köppen climate classification . Because Paramaribo is more subject to the Intertropical Convergence Zone than the trade winds and sees no tropical cyclones , its climate is classified as equatorial. The city has no true dry season ; all 12 months of
198-489: Is part of the East-West Link , connects Paramaribo with Meerzorg on the other side of the Suriname River. The Jules Sedney Harbour is the main harbour for cargo. The former harbour of Waterkant is used by ferries. Most airlines like Gum Air , Caricom Airways and Blue Wing Airlines have their head offices on the grounds of Zorg en Hoop Airport in Paramaribo. Paramaribo's institution of higher learning
220-482: Is the capital and largest city of Suriname , located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District . Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's population. The historic inner city of Paramaribo has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002. The city is named for the Paramaribo tribe living at the mouth of the Suriname River ;
242-597: The Americas , the Neveh Shalom Synagogue , is found in Paramaribo. The population of the town was greatly increased after 1873, when former enslaved people (who had been freed in 1863) were allowed to stop working for their former masters and leave the sugar plantations. Paramaribo has remained the capital of Suriname, from its colonial days through the independence of Suriname in 1975 to the present day. The old town has suffered many devastating fires over
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#1732765415817264-522: The Duchesse Anne , earning a rank in the Navy. In 1709, Cassard, promoted to Commander, was tasked to escort a 25-ship food convoy on the 68-gun Éclatant . On 29 April, supported by Sérieux , he defeated five English ships, allowing the convoy to safely reach Marseille . The next year, Cassard lead a squadron comprising the 74-gun Parfait , the 58-gun Sérieux and the 50-gun Phénix and
286-664: The Treaty of Utrecht and the end of the war in 1713, Cassard started numerous trials to obtain payments. Cassard retired in 1731. In 1736, he was declared insane after insulting the Cardinal de Fleury , and detained in Ham , where he died four years later. Paramaribo Paramaribo ( UK : / ˌ p ær ə ˈ m ær ɪ b oʊ / PARR -ə- MARR -ib-oh , US : / ˌ p ɑːr ə ˈ m ɑːr ɪ b oʊ / PAR -ə- MAR -ib-oh , Dutch: [ˌpaːraːˈmaːriboː] )
308-456: The 60-gun Sirène , with his flag on Parfait . He was tasked to escort an 84-ship convoy inbound from Smyrna that had become blockaded at Syracuse by a British fleet. He captured HMS Pembroke , while Sérieux secured the surrender of the 32-gun HMS Falcon in the 9 November Battle of Syracuse . The convoy reach Toulon . In 1711, Cassard again secured the way for a 43-ship convoy bound for Pensacola . In December 1711, Cassard obtained
330-607: The command of a 6-ship squadron and embarked on an expedition in which he raided English, Dutch and Portuguese colonies in Cape Verde and in the Caribbean . On 10 October 1712, Cassard captured the plantation of Meerzorg in Suriname for France, and threatened Paramaribo across the Suriname River . Negotiations started, and on 27 October Cassard left with ƒ747,350 (€8.1 million in 2018 ) worth of goods and slaves. After
352-433: The course of the year, with average high temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius and average low temperatures of 24 degrees Celsius. Paramaribo on average receives roughly 2,135 millimetres or 84 inches of rainfall each year. Paramaribo has a population of 240,924 people (2012 census). While the population number is stagnating in recent years, many towns in the surrounding Wanica District are increasing in population. The city
374-476: The leading town of the now Dutch colony of Suriname. The fort protecting Paramaribo was renamed Fort Zeelandia in honor of the Dutch province that had financed Crijnssen's fleet. (The town was also renamed New Middelburg but the name did not catch on with the inhabitants). The population of Paramaribo has always been very diverse. Among the first British settlers were many Jews and one of the oldest synagogues in
396-436: The name is from Tupi–Guarani para "large river" + maribo "inhabitants". The name Paramaribo is probably a corruption of the name of a native village, spelled Parmurbo in the earliest Dutch sources. This was the location of the first Dutch settlement, a trading post established by Nicolaes Baliestel and Dirck Claeszoon van Sanen in 1613. English and French traders also tried to establish settlements in Suriname, including
418-478: The title Cassard . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cassard&oldid=884306917 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jacques Cassard Born on 30 September 1679 to
440-408: The year average more than 60 millimetres or 2.4 inches of rainfall, but the city does experience noticeably wetter and drier periods during the year. The northern hemisphere " autumn " (September through November) is the driest period of the year in Paramaribo, and the heaviest rainfall occurs from April to July. Common to many cities with this climate, temperatures are relatively consistent throughout
462-532: The years, notably in January 1821 (which destroyed over 400 buildings) and September 1832 (which destroyed nearly 50 buildings). The slaves Kodjo , Mentor, and Present were found guilty of arson , and burnt alive. In May 1972, the Paramaribo Zoo opened. In 1987, an administrative reorganization took place in Suriname and the city was divided into 12 administrative resorts (jurisdictions). The city
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#1732765415817484-548: Was protected by a fort, called Fort Willoughby . In 1662, Governor Willoughby was granted the settlement and surrounding lands (extending into Suriname's interior) by King Charles II. Around 1665 the village of Paramaribo was expanded and quickly outranked the earlier settlement of Torarica . In 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War , Paramaribo was conquered by a squadron of ships under Abraham Crijnssen . The Treaty of Breda in 1667 confirmed Paramaribo as
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