2022

If the guide was a painting

One of the latest articles from AGIT (Association des Guides Interprètes & Conférenciers du Tarn) on Facebook. If the guide was a painting. Here is Eléonore de Lapérouse, 279 years old and not a wrinkle! Our guide AGITée slips here into the skin of the wife of the famous navigator from Albi, who left in

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Lapérouse Collection

«Mystère La Pérouse» Born in Nantes (France) in 1944, Alain CONAN was the founder of “Association Salomon” (1981). The purpose of the Association was to attempt to elucidate the fate of the vessels led by Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse. The La Pérouse expedition, under orders from king Louis XVI, left Brest in

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Monuments in Mauritius

A little background At the beginning of 1772, Lapérouse left for the Isle of France with his protector Arsac de Ternay who had just been appointed commander general.From there, in April 1773, he undertook a long expedition in the Indian seas.He returned to Isle de France in March 1774 and returned to France in May

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One more visit to the museum

On April 20, 2022, a new visit to the Lapérouse Museum was led by the Lapérouse Association. The visit was galvanized by the Ambassador N°186, for groups of families coming from Loire Atlantique, Hautes Alpes and Gers. The ALAF, continues to bring Jean-François de Lapérouse to life by enthusiastically welcoming visitors of all ages and

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Hudson Bay

In 1782, Lapérouse was ordered to undertake a secret mission, which he had helped prepare: to destroy, with a fleet of three ships under his command, the English forts of York and Prince of Wales in Hudson Bay, which protected fur trading posts. Lapérouse, commanding for the first time the vessel Le Sceptre, was accompanied

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First battles

Jean-François de Galaup embarked in March 1757 on the Célèbre in the squadron commanded by Count Dubois de La Motte and sent to the rescue of Louisbourg, on Île Royale. He escaped the terrible epidemic that ravaged the ships and the city of Brest where he returned on November 12, 1757. On February 22, 1758,

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Renovation/beautification of La Pérouse monument

Marc Onetto, member of the Lapérouse Alaska Association and of the Lapérouse France Association, informs us of the progress made on the project to repair the Lapérouse monument in Hawaii. The objective is to better protect the monument, reinforce its visibility and its educational value. Renovation La Pérouse monument Maui Marc was able to involve

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Beginning of the Navy Career

Once his studies were completed, peace had returned to France, and jobs in the Navy were scarce. Lapérouse sailed the French Atlantic coast carrying timber between Bayonne and the shipyards of Rochefort and Brest, thus participating in the reconstruction of the French fleet after the war. In 1772, the Chevalier de Ternay was appointed Governor

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