Brest 2024 conference
It’s back to work for the association, which has been busy over the summer months. Several of our members travelled to Brest for the Fêtes Maritimes 2024. From 12 to 17 July, […]
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“Les Fêtes maritimes de Brest”
You probably know Brest for its incredible Musée National de la Marine, housed in the town’s old medieval castle, or for its port. But did you know that since the 1980s, the
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Cholet hosts the first conference of 2024
On Tuesday 16 April, our dear President, Mr Jean-Marie Pestel, travelled over 500 kilometres from Albi to give a talk entitled: “LAPEROUSE, from Hudson Bay to Vanikoro: the human adventure of an
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Jacques Picard, Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour
Our long-standing member, Jacques Picard, was made a Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honour and decorated on Friday 30 June at the Toulouse Commercial Court by Mrs Belloubet, a
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Lituya Bay and the tragedy of Lapérouse
It was July 1786 when La Boussole and the Astrolabe set sail from Lituya Bay, Alaska. On a simple hydrographic expedition, 21 sailors perished at sea, and the future was uncertain for
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Meet Masashi Mitani
We had the pleasure of welcoming Mr Masashi Mitani to Albi from Japan with his wife, from 28 to 31 October 2023. Mr Mitani is particularly interested in the humanist work of
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Lapérouse, beyond the seas
This is an article that appeared in the Tarn Libre on 24 November 2023 that we invite you to discover for this New Year. Between October and November 2023, cities such as
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“Escale Lapérouse, worlds to explore”
For nearly three years, the Albigensian town council has been working on a large-scale project to pay tribute to the navigator Lapérouse. After several deliberations, the name of the space is now
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Discovering Joseph Lepaute Dagelet
Joseph Lepaute Dagelet, astronomer and mathematician, was born on 25 November 1751 in Thonne-la-Long in northern Meuse, near the Belgian border. He was the son of Pierre Lepaute, a blacksmith, and Martine
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A cannon… and some questions !
In February of this year 2023, Mr Jim Brennan came to see ALAF (Association Lapérouse Albi France) and, especially, Jean-Marie in Albi. What was the reason? Jim is born in Alaska, but,
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