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Jean-Baptiste de Gennes, comte d'Oyac (c. 1656 – 15 February 1705) was a French naval officer who is known as an early French explorer of the Straits of Magellan.He was the last governor of the French colony of Saint-Christophe on the West Indian island now called Saint Kitts.After he surrendered the island to the English during the War of the Spanish Succession he was tried and found guilty of cowardice.He died before his appeal to this verdict could be heard.He was also an inventor, and among other devices invented a power loom driven by a mill wheel.

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  • Jean-Baptiste de Gennes, comte d'Oyac (c. 1656 – 15 February 1705) was a French naval officer who is known as an early French explorer of the Straits of Magellan.He was the last governor of the French colony of Saint-Christophe on the West Indian island now called Saint Kitts.After he surrendered the island to the English during the War of the Spanish Succession he was tried and found guilty of cowardice.He died before his appeal to this verdict could be heard.He was also an inventor, and among other devices invented a power loom driven by a mill wheel. (en)
  • Jean-Baptiste de Gennes, comte d'Oyac, seigneur de Bourg-Chevreuil, est un officier de marine et administrateur colonial français, gouverneur de Saint-Christophe (Antilles), né à Guérande vers 1656 et mort à Plymouth en août 1705. Jean-Baptiste de Gennes a été le premier explorateur français du détroit de Magellan. Il a inventé une machine à tisser automatique utilisant des cames présentée à l'Académie royale des sciences en 1677 qui en fait un précurseur de Jacques Vaucanson. (fr)
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  • Jean-Baptiste de Gennes, comte d'Oyac, seigneur de Bourg-Chevreuil, est un officier de marine et administrateur colonial français, gouverneur de Saint-Christophe (Antilles), né à Guérande vers 1656 et mort à Plymouth en août 1705. Jean-Baptiste de Gennes a été le premier explorateur français du détroit de Magellan. Il a inventé une machine à tisser automatique utilisant des cames présentée à l'Académie royale des sciences en 1677 qui en fait un précurseur de Jacques Vaucanson. (fr)
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