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He was born in Noyelles , Flanders . Carondelet was named Governor of El Salvador in 1789 . After this he was the Governor of the Spanish colonies of Louisiana and West Florida from 1791 to 1797 . The Carondelet Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana was constructed on his orders and was named after him. Carondelet, Missouri was also named after him. He intrigued with western communities, notably Kentucky , for the purpose of detaching them from the Union . His purpose was to thwart the policy of the United States to secure unchallenged access to the Mississippi River , a tendency which made Spanish colonial officials fear for the safety of Louisiana and New Spain . The movement came to an end with the ratification ( 1795 ) of Pinckney's Treaty . After his term in Louisiana Carondelet served as Governor General of Quito from 1799 through his death in 1807 . EXTERNAL LINK
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