 Bethencourt later pledged his domain to finance their expedition to the Canary Islands.Gadifer de La Salle joined Béthencourt at La Rochelle.Accompanying the expedition were Brother Pierre Bontier, a Franciscan friar of Saint-Jouin-de-Marnes who later officiated at Lanzarote, and Jean le Verrier, a priest who was later installed at Fuerteventura as vicar in the chapel of Our Lady of Bethencourt.