Jean-Baptiste Barthélemy de Lesseps was born in Sète on 27 January 1766 He spent his childhood in Hamburg and then St. Petersburg where his father was a consul. At the age of 12, he already spoke Russian, German, Spanish and French. After 5 years of study at the Jesuit College in Versailles, he returned to […]
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Many scientists, all men of great merit, participated in the expedition: an astronomer, a physician, three naturalists, a mathematician, three draftsmen, physicists, an interpreter, a watchmaker, a meteorologist, as well as priests with scientific training. The objectives were numerous: geographical, scientific, ethnological, economic (prospecting for whale hunting or fur collection possibilities), but also political with
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In his book: “Le Maréchal de Castries” (1979 Editions Albatros) the Duke of Castries, in addition to an amusing evocation of Albi, mentions on pages 106 and 107 a letter from Lapérouse to Suffren written on September 22, 1787 in the Bay of Avastscha. The quoted part has for object the enthusiastic approval of the
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The passage of the bridge of Tanus is an occasion to discover the fortified village of Sauveterre de Rouergue, cradle of the Résseguier du Pouget family.We leave the road from Rodez to Naucelle-gare, to go towards the villa of Naucelle, then a few kilometers beyond towards the bastide of Sauveterre.The ramparts have disappeared, but one
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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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«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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Informations de la FACIT La journée Dialogue des patrimoines organisée par la FACIT avec le concours de la ville de Graulhet approche. Journée culturelle le samedi 21 mai à Graulhet(le Foulon, 2 place de l’Odéon) Jean Gasc,Président de la FACIT, nous invite à partciper à la Journée et nous adresse les modalités d’inscription au repas
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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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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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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
