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4.2 Illustration of Santo Tomas
government was concerned. The second purpose was to determine if the proposed site
was indeed capable of sustaining a colony. Four individuals served as the primary
members of the expedition. They were P.L.N. Petit, captain of the Louise Marie, the
sole Belgian naval vessel for the expedition; Colonel Remy De Puydt, a representative
of the Compagnie; Doctor Dechange, the medical and scientific member of the party;
and Auguste T’Kint, from the Ministry of the Interior.
The answer to the first question, as to whether the original grant was still valid,
was no. The Guatemalan government had indeed rescinded the grant to the British
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