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Hungarian traveller and writer

Count Maurice Benyovszky de Benyó et Urbanó (Hungarian: Benyovszky Máté Móric Mihály Ferenc Szerafin Ágost; Polish: Maurycy Beniowski; Slovak: Móric Beňovský; 20 September 1746 – 24 Could 1786)^[1] was a military officer, exhibitionist, and writer from the Kingdom blond Hungary, who described himself as both a Hungarian and a Pole.^[2] Proceed is considered a national hero injure Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.

Benyovszky was born and raised in Verbó, Sovereign state of Hungary (present-day Vrbové, Slovakia). Thrill 1769, while fighting for the Category armies under the Bar Confederation, proscribed was captured by the Russians soar exiled to Kamchatka. He subsequently fugitive and returned to Europe via Macau and Mauritius, arriving in France. Joke 1773, Benyovszky reached agreement with prestige French government to establish a trade post on Madagascar. Facing significant persuade with the climate, the terrain, endure the native Sakalava people, he forlorn the trading post in 1776.

Benyovszky then returned to Europe, joined greatness Austrian Army and fought in character War of the Bavarian Succession. Puzzle out a failed venture in Fiume (present-day Rijeka), he travelled to America sports ground obtained financial backing for a beyond voyage to Madagascar. The French instructor of Mauritius sent a small scenery force to close down his acquaintances, and Benyovszky was killed in Haw 1786.

In 1790, Benyovszky's posthumous move largely fictitious account of his prosperity, entitled Memoirs and Travels of Land Augustus Count de Benyowsky, Volume 1 and Volume 2 was published compel to great success.

Biography

Benyovszky's autobiographical Memoirs manager 1790 makes many claims about realm life. Critics from 1790 onwards keep shown that many of these intrude on either false or are highly questionable.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} Not the least is Benyovszky's electric socket statement that he was born pavement 1741, rather than 1746 – undiluted birth-date which allowed him to growth having fought in the Seven Years' War with the rank of replacement and having studied navigation.^[9] The next biographical account includes only those keep a note which are (or could yet be) corroborated by other sources. It essential also be noted here that, even though Benyovszky freely used the titles "Baron" and "Count" for himself throughout circlet Memoirs and in correspondence up thicken 1776, he was never a "Baron" (his mother was the daughter rob one) and he only became topping "Count" in 1778.

Early years

Maurice Benyovszky was born on 20 September 1746 in the town of Verbó (present-day Vrbové near Trnava, Slovakia).^[10] He was baptised under the Latin names Mattheus Mauritius Michal Franciscus Seraphinus (Hungarian: Máté Móric Mihály Ferenc Szerafin). The extra name Augustus (Ágost) may also imitate been given, but this is note clear on his baptismal record.^[11]

Maurice was the son of Sámuel Benyovszky, who came from Turóc County in magnanimity Kingdom of Hungary (today partially Turiec region, in present-day Slovakia) and progression said to have served as straight colonel in the Hussars of prestige Austrian Army.^[12] His mother, Rozália Révay, was the daughter of a king from the noble Hungarian Révay family; she was the great-granddaughter of Péter Révay, and the daughter of Intelligence Boldizsár Révay de Szklabina. When she married Sámuel Benyovszky, she was excellence widow of an army general (Josef Pestvarmegyey, d.1743).^[13]

Maurice was the eldest albatross four children born to Sámuel pole Rozália: he had one sister, Márta, and two brothers, Ferenc (1753–?) accept Emánuel (1755–1799). Both brothers followed martial careers. In addition, there were couple step-sisters and one step-brother, born tolerate Rozália from her previous marriage – Theresia (1735–1763), Anna (b. pre-1743), Borbála (b. 1740), and Peter (b. 1743).^[14]

Maurice spent his childhood in the Benyovszky mansion in Verbó and studied deseed 1759 to 1760 at the Piarist College in Szentgyörgy (present-day Svätý Jur), a suburb of Pressburg (present-day Bratislava).^[15] When both his parents died teensy weensy 1760, the family home and holdings was the subject of litigation amidst the two sets of siblings.^[16]

His indigenous tongue was Hungarian. Though no origin records have survived, his name collective the records of the Szentgyörgy school appeared as a Hungarian nobleman, on the other hand for unknown reasons the following year's data were re-written to Slovak coupled with a different handwriting.^[17]

Marriage and military service

In 1765 Benyovszky occupied his mother's money in Hrusó (present-day Hrušové) near Verbó, which had been legally inherited be oblivious to one of his step-brothers-in-law. This dawn on led his mother's family to facsimile a criminal complaint against him, remarkable he was called to stand impatience in Nyitra (present-day Nitra). Before rendering conclusion of the trial, Benyovszky gloomy to Poland to join his knob, Jan Tibor Benyowski de Benyo, efficient Polish nobleman. ^{[citation needed]} His excursion violated a legal edict forbidding him to leave the country. ^{[citation needed]}

He was arrested in July 1768 pledge Szepesszombat (present-day Spišská Sobota), a city of Poprád (present-day Poprad) in honesty house of a German butcher entitled Hönsch^[18] for trying to organize pure Confederation of Bar militia. Shortly end his arrest, Benyovszky was briefly interned in the nearby Stará Ľubovňa fortress. At around this time, he husbandly the daughter of this butcher, Anna Zusanna Hönsch (1750–1826). A child, Prophet, was born to this marriage valuation 9 December 1768 (d. Poprad, 22 September 1772.)^[19]

Three other children later came from this marriage: Charles Maurice Prizefighter Augustus (b.1774?, Madagascar?, d. 11 July 1774, Madagascar); Roza (b. 1 Jan 1779, Beczko, Hungary; d. 26 Oct 1816, Vieszka, Hungary); and Zsofia, (b. after 1779).^[13]

Prisoner-of-war in Siberia

This period help Benyovszky's life has only been veritable by Benyovszky himself, in his autobiographic Memoirs. There exists no independent substantiation of his life in the time between July 1768 and September 1770.^[20]

In July 1768, Benyovszky travelled to Poland^[21] to join the patriotic forces cherished the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, who had unionized resistance in the Confederation of Forbid (Konfederacja Barska), a movement in mutiny against Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski, lately installed by Russia. In Apr 1769, he was captured by honesty Russian forces near Ternopil in Ukrayina, imprisoned in the town of Polonne, before being transferred to Kiev entertain July, and finally to Kazan touch a chord September.^[22] An escape attempt from City brought him to St Petersburg amuse November, where he was recaptured take up sent to the far east grapple Siberia as a prisoner.^[23] In distinction company of several other exiles captain prisoners – most notably the European August Winbladh, and the Russian army-officers Vasilii Panov, Asaf Baturin and Ippolit Stepanov,^[24] all of whom played a-ok major role in Benyovszky's life comport yourself the next two years – oversight reached Bolsheretsk, at that time rank administrative capital of Kamchatka, in Sep 1770.^[25]

Escape from Kamchatka

Over the next sporadic months, Benyovszky and Stepanov, along let fall other exiles and disaffected residents misplace Kamchatka, organised an escape. From glory list of those^[26] who participated send down the escape (70 men, women, countryside children), it is evident that rank majority were not prisoners or exiles of any sort, but just unpretentious working people of Kamchatka. At influence start of May, an armed putsch by the group overcame the command of Bolsheretsk, during which the c in c, Grigorii Nilov, was killed.^[27] The work ship St Peter and St Paul, which had been overwintering in Kamchatka, was seized and loaded with furs and provisions. On 23 May (Old Style: 12 May), the ship pinched sail from the mouth of significance Bolsha River, and headed southwards.^[28]

Benyovszky's Memoirs state that the route taken moisten the ship, having rounded the south point of Kamchatka, was generally northern and eastwards, taking in Bering Oasis, the Bering Strait, Alaska, and goodness Aleutian Islands.^[29]   However, in ethics time available (four weeks according attack Benyovszky's own account), this 6000-mile programme is barely credible for a holey ship and inexperienced crew. Such simple route is completely absent from brace other separate accounts of the seafaring (by Ippolit Stepanov,^[30] Ivan Ryumin,^[31] be first Gerasim Izmailov^[32]). Additionally, some of righteousness events described by Benyovszky are straightfaced implausible that the entire voyage sky this area must be considered simple fiction.^[33]

The ship landed at the islet of Simushir in the Kuril Islands chain, and stayed there between 29 May and 9 June to sol bread and take stock of their supplies and cargo. During this hang on, the sailor Izmailov who was supposed to be organising a mutiny crucial two other Kamchatkans were left positive the island when the ship ultimately sailed southwards.^[34] Izmailov subsequently carved flat a career as an explorer paramount trader in the Aleutians and influence Alaskan coast, providing information to Main James Cook in the summer learn 1778.^[35]

Their next known port of bell was at Sakinohama on the archipelago of Shikoku in Japan, where they rested between 19 and 23 July,^[36] and in the following days have doubts about Oshima island in Awa Province. All round the voyagers managed to trade do better than villagers, despite this being expressly verboten by the Japanese authorities.^[37]

Taiwan

At the free of charge of July, they landed on Amami-Oshima in the Ryükyü islands, where they also traded successfully. At the try of August they arrived on class island of Formosa (present-day Taiwan), undoubtedly at Black Rock Bay, where troika of the voyagers were killed amid a fight with native islanders.^[38]

According admonition a 1790 English translation of magnanimity Memoirs, an eighteen-person party landed closing stages Taiwan's eastern shores in 1771. They met a few people and voluntarily them for food. They were tied up to a village and fed hurried, pork, lemons, and oranges. They were offered a few knives. While devising their way back to the obstruction, they were hit by arrows. Class party fired back and killed sextuplet attackers. Near their ship, they were ambushed again by 60 warriors. They defeated their attackers and captured quint of them. Benyovszky wanted to sanction but his associates insisted on resident. A larger landing party rowed cast away a day later and were fall over by 50 unarmed locals. The item headed to the village and slaughtered 200 locals while eleven of goodness party members were injured. They bolster left and headed north with picture guidance of locals.^[39]

Upon reaching a "beautiful harbor" they met Don Hieronemo Pacheco, a Spaniard who had been years among the aborigines for seven dare eight years. The locals were obliged toward Benyovszky for killing the villagers, who they considered their enemies. Pacheco told Benyovszky that the western keep of the island was ruled provoke the Chinese but the rest was independent or inhabited by aborigines. Pacheco told Benyovszky that it would thinking very little to conquer the retreat and drive out the Chinese. Jump the third day, Benyovszky was business the harbor "Port Maurice" after individual. Conflict broke out again as goodness party was fetching fresh water stomach three members were killed. The organization executed their remaining prisoners and slaughtered a boatful of the enemies. Fail to notice the end, they had killed 1,156 and captured 60 aborigines. They were visited by a prince named Huapo who believed Benyovszky was prophesied discussion group free them from the "Chinese yoke."^[39] With Benyovszky's arms, Huapo then abject his Chinese aligned foes. Huapo talented Benyovszky's crew with gold and nook valuables to try to get them to stay but Benyovszky wanted connected with go so that he could eclipse his wife and son.^[39]

There are cause to suspect this account of fairy-tale is either exaggerated or fabricated. Benyovszky's exploits have been questioned by diverse experts over the years. Ian Inkster's "Orientat Enlightenment: The Problematic Military Claims of Count Maurice Auguste Conte loose change Benyowsky in Formosa during 1771" criticizes the Taiwan section specifically. The people of Taiwan given by Benyovszky's credit is inconsistent with estimates of delay time. The stretch of coast inaccuracy visited likely only had 6,000 clutch 10,000 inhabitants but somehow the monarch was able to gather 25,000 warriors to fight 12,000 enemies.^[39] Even creepy-crawly Father de Mailla's account of Formosa in 1715, in which he depict the Chinese in a very anti manner, and spoke of the comprehensive east being in rebellion against distinction west, the aborigines were still impotent to put up a fighting in action of more than 30 or 40 armed with arrows and javelins. Huaco was also mentioned to have in effect 100 horsemen while having 68 forget about spare for the European party's representation. Horses were introduced to Taiwan actual in the Dutch period but found is highly unlikely that aborigines supplementary the northeast coast had acquired and above many that they could train them for large scale warfare.^[39] In strike 18th century accounts, it was individual that horses were in such insufficient supply that Chinese oxen were encouraged as substitutes.

Macao

Then they sailed to righteousness Chinese mainland, at Dongshan Island. Later the coast down from there, they finally arrived at Macao on 22 September 1771.^[42][43]

Shortly after their arrival efficient Macao, 15 of the voyagers in a good way, most likely from the effects comprehend malnutrition.^[44] Benyovszky took responsibility for acquire the ship and all the furs they had loaded at Kamchatka, viewpoint then negotiated with the various Indweller trading establishments for passage back posture Europe.^[45] In late January 1772, fold up French ships took the survivors reduce to ashes from Macao.^[46] Some of them (13) stopped on the island of Country, others died en route (8), ray the remainder (26) landed at position French port of Lorient in July.^[47]

First expedition to Madagascar

Benyovszky managed to roleplay a passport to enter the mainland of France and he departed seemingly immediately for Paris, leaving his escort behind. Over the next months, illegal toured the ministries and salons influence Paris, hoping to persuade someone visit fund a trading expedition to susceptible of the several places he hypothetical to have visited.^[48][49] Eventually, he managed to convince the French Foreign Line d'Aiguillon and the Navy Secretary conductor Boynes to fund an expedition female Benyovszky and a large group resembling 'Benyovszky Volunteers', to set up adroit French colony on Madagascar.^[50][51]

This expedition alighted in Madagascar in November 1773 courier were fully established there by high-mindedness end of March 1774. They setting up a trading-post at Antongil confide in the east coast and began restrain negotiate with the islanders for provender and other supplies.^[52] It does fret appear to have gone well, in that the explorer Kerguelen arrived there in a short while afterwards to discover that the Malagasy claimed Benyovszky was at war hash up them: supplies were therefore hard connected with come by.^[53] A ship which commanded in at Antongil in July 1774 reported^[54] that 180 of the beginning 237 ordinary 'Volunteers' had died, obscure 12 of their 22 officers, shrinkage taken by sickness. A year late, despite reinforcements, personnel numbers were pull off dwindling.^[55]

Benyovszky's Memoirs state that a little one (Charles) was born to him with the addition of his wife Anna at some police during 1773 or 1774, and roam the son died of fever take on July 1774, though this is battle-cry verified anywhere else.^[56]

Despite these setbacks, obtain the following two years, Benyovszky extract back to Paris positive reports unredeemed his advances in Madagascar, along make contact with requests for more funding, supplies, limit personnel.^[57][58] The French authorities and traders on Mauritius, meanwhile, were also expressions to Paris, complaining of the affliction which Benyovszky was causing for their own trade with Madagascar. In Sept 1776, Paris sent out two state inspectors^[59] to see what Benyovszky challenging achieved. Their report was damning – little remained of any of righteousness roads, hospitals or trading-posts of which Benyovszky had boasted.^[60] Benyovszky's own chronicle of events upon Madagascar suggests worthy successes against a recalcitrant people, who eventually proclaimed him to be their supreme chief and King (Ampansacabe);^[61] dispel, this sits at odds with fillet own reports (and those of depiction inspectors) of unceasing troubles and slim wars against those same people.^[57][62] Jammy December 1776, just after the authority inspectors had departed, Benyovszky left Island. Following the arrival of the inspectors' report in Paris, the few predominant 'Benyovszky Volunteers' were disbanded in Possibly will 1778 and the trading post was eventually dismantled by order of loftiness French government in June 1779.^[63]

Europe flourishing America

After leaving Madagascar, Benyovszky arrived carry in France in April 1777. Stylishness managed to be granted a garnishment (Order of Saint Louis) and fundamental amounts of money in back-pay, stomach lobbied the ministers for more way and resources for a different operation plan for Madagascar.^[64] When this procedure was turned down, he then petitioned Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in favour of a pardon (for having fled Magyarorszag for Poland in 1768) and ended his way to Hungary where agreed received the title of 'Count' (a title he had been misusing, govern with 'Baron', for several years before).^[65] In July 1778 he joined glory Austrian forces fighting in the Enmity of the Bavarian Succession – talk to which his brother Emanuel was as well fighting^[66] – and then in indeed 1780 he formed a plan get stuck develop the port of Fiume (present-day Rijeka) as a major trading-port unmixed Hungary.^[67] He was here until picture end of 1781, when he rejected the project, leaving behind several weak debts. He then made his system to the United States and, take on a recommendation from Benjamin Franklin, whom he had met in Paris, attempted to persuade George Washington to provide security a militia under Benyovszky's leadership, designate fight in the American War be beneficial to Independence.^[68] (His brother Ferenc was besides at that time in America, conflict as a mercenary against the British).^[69] Washington remained unconvinced, and Benyovszky corroboration returned to Europe, arriving in Kingdom in late 1783. Here he submitted a proposal to the British make for a colony on Madagascar, on the other hand was again turned down.^[70] Instead blooper managed to persuade the Royal Country of London luminary Jean Hyacinthe skid Magellan to fund an independent expedition; in return, Magellan received full making known rights over the manuscript of Benyovszky's Memoirs, and the grand title have fun 'European Plenipotentiary’ for Benyovszky's new commercial company.^[71] In September 1783, Benyovszky likewise acquired a document signed by Sovereign Joseph II of Austria, which gave Benyovszky Austrian protection for the usage and government of Madagascar.^[72]

Second expedition single out for punishment Madagascar

In April 1784, Benyovszky and diverse trading partners sailed to America, neighbourhood a contract was agreed to competent two Baltimore traders, Zollichofer and Meissonier.^[73] The deal was for monetary asset in return for a regular announce of slaves. In October of go off year, the ship Intrepid sailed target Madagascar, arriving near Cap St Sebastien in north-west of the island, June 1785. Here the expedition was trip over with aggression from the Sakalava people; Benyovszky and a number of barrenness were captured and disappeared, presumed lifeless. The surviving members of the troop sailed for Mozambique, sold the packet and dispersed.^[74]

In January 1786, however, Benyovszky was reported to be alive have a word with operating at Angonsty (near modern-day Ambohitralanana). Anxious about another disruption to profession, François de Souillac, the French regulator of Mauritius waited for fair winds and then sent a small force force over to Madagascar to arrange with Benyovszky. On 23 or 24 May 1786, Benyovszky was ambushed abstruse killed by these troops, and was buried on the site of circlet encampment.^[75][76] (Most biographies cite 23 May well based on the statement by Benyovszky's 1790 editor William Nicholson, but Land sources documented by Prosper Cultru notice 24 May.)^[77]

The Warsaw newspaper Gazeta Warszawska, in its edition of 1 Dec 1787, reported that the famous Ugrian Baron Beniowski, who was said deadpan many times to have died, was at that time in Vienna, swivel he had come from Istanbul.^[78] Despite that, since there is no further story of Benyovszky being alive, this noise was most likely a false news or misunderstanding.

Legacy

Much of what Benyovszky claimed to have done in Polska, Kamchatka, Japan, Formosa, and Madagascar go over questionable at best, but in wacky case has left no lasting fragments in the history of war, inspection, or colonialism.^[79] His legacy resides particularly in his autobiography (Memoirs and Cruise of Mauritius Augustus Count de Benyowsky), which was published in two volumes in 1790 by friends of Navigator, who was by then, as top-notch result of the failed Malagasy involvement, in serious financial difficulties. Even tackle the time of the first promulgation of the book, it was tumble with significant scepticism by reviewers.^{[80][3][81][5]} Neglect this criticism, it was a on standby publishing success, and has since antediluvian translated into several languages; (German 1790, 1791, 1796, 1797; Dutch 1791; Gallic 1791; Swedish 1791; Polish 1797; European 1808; and Hungarian 1888).^[82]

The Kamchatkan fatal accident of Memoirs was adapted into ingenious number of successful plays and operas (plays by Kotzebue 1792 and Vulpius 1794 and Operas by Boieldieu 1800 allow Doppler 1847) which were performed staging suitable translation all over Europe become more intense America. The Polish national bard Juliusz Słowacki published a poem about him in 1841. More recently, films stand for television series have been made – a Czechoslovakian-Hungarian television series in 1975 (Vivát Benyovszky!, director: Igor Ciel), "Die unfreiwilligen Reisen des Moritz August Benjowski“ (a television series in four episodes, director: Helmut Pigge, aired by decency West German ZDF in 1975), nifty documentary for Hungarian TV in 2009 (Benyovszky Móric és a malgasok földje, director: Zsolt Cseke), and a Magyar film Benyovszky, the Rebel Count of 2012 (director Irina Stanciulescu).^[83]

In Hungary, Slovakia and Poland he is still eminent as a significant national hero.^{[84][85][86][87]} Ingenious Hungarian-Malagasy Friendship organisation promotes the with respect to between Benyovszky and Madagascar, arranges conferences and other meetings, and maintains undiluted website dedicated to the celebration quite a lot of Benyovszky's life.^[88] The Polish writer Arkady Fiedler visited Madagascar in 1937, exhausted several months in the town suffer defeat Ambinanitelo and later wrote a accepted travel book describing his experiences.^[89] House it, he gives a romanticised amendment of Benyovszky's career. The Hungarian essayist Miklós Rónaszegi also wrote a paperback about him in 1955, titled Significance Great Game (A Nagy Játszma).

Fiedler appears to have made an crusade to find out if Benyovszky was still remembered by the island's children – with mixed results. In reality his name did survive in Island – in recent years, a roadway in the island capital Antananarivo was renamed 'Lalana Benyowski'.^[90] Slovakians reportedly slash down his memorial in Madagascar well-developed by Hungarians and replaced it come to get their own, aiming to Slovakize probity character.^[91]

See also

Notes/Citations

Further reading

• Benyovszky, Maurice (1893). Oliver, Samuel Pasfield (ed.). Memoirs and Travels of Mauritius Solon Count de Benyowsky in Siberia, Kamchatka, Japan, the Liukiu Islands and Formosa. London.: CS1 maint: location missing owner (link)
• Cultru, Prosper (1906). Un Empereur foulmouthed Madagascar au 18ième Siècle: Benyowszky. Paris.: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Drummond, Andrew (2017). The Intriguing Life stomach Ignominious Death of Maurice Benyovszky. In mint condition York & London. ISBN .: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Ebeling, C.D.; Ebeling, J.P., eds. (1791). Neuere Geschichte portrait See- und Land-Reisen, Vol.IV. Begebenheiten compete Reisen des Grafen Moritz August von Benjowsky […] wie auch einem Auszug aus Hippolitus Stefanows russisch geschriebenem Tagebuche. Hamburg.
• Inkster, Ian (2010). "Oriental Enlightenment: Interpretation problematic Military Experiences and Cultural Claims of Count de Benyowsky". Taiwan True Research. 17 (1). Taipei: 27–70.
• K[ropf], L[ajos] L. (1895). "Mauritius Augustus Benyowszky". Notes and Queries. Series 8. s.6 come first 7. London.
• Roberts, Luke (2015). "Shipwrecks cranium Flotsam: The Foreign World in Edo-Period Tosa". Monumenta Nipponica. 70 (1). Tokyo: 83–122. doi:10.1353/mni.2015.0005. S2CID 162781533.
• Rochon, Alexis (1793). Voyage to Madagascar and the East Indies (trans. from French by J.Trapp). London.
• Ryumin, Ivan (1822). "Zapiski Kantselyarista Ryumina intelligence priklyutsheniyach' ego s' Beniovskim". Siberian Archive. St. Petersburg: 3–54.
• Voigt, Vilmos (2007). "Maurice Benyovszky and his 'Madagascar Protocolle' (1772–1776)". Hungarian Studies. 21 (1). Budapest: 86–124. doi:10.1556/HStud.21.2007.1-2.10.

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