While Ducoudray Holstein was in Cura�ao he was visited by numerous men including : A . Mattei ( Matthey ), a businessman of French origin with connections in Puerto Rico, George Curiel a Jewish businessman established beforehand in Saint Tomas who in 1819 would return to his native Cura�ao, a sailor whose surname was Bouyet, believed to be Juan Bautista Buy? a contrabandist of French origin and a collaborator of Roberto Cofres?( a beach in Cabo Rojo bears his name ).
