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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What’s good to know about Lapérouse
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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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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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,
A cannon… and some questions ! Read More »
DNA and genealogy for identification purposes We devoted our two previous articles to the search to identify the skeleton found on 22 November 2003 in the Vanikoro fault. We recall that it
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We mentioned earlier the surprising discovery of a skeleton admirably preserved more than 200 years after the sinking of La Boussole in the Vanikoro fault. The objects found in the vicinity are
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It is now twenty years since teams discovered a skeleton in its entirety off the coast of Papua New Guinea. A series of articles published over the coming months will enable you
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A French island located more than 9,000 km from the mainland holds a treasure submerged in the clear waters of the Indian Ocean. Off the coast of Reunion Island, nearly 96 miles
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Raymond A. Duranton, a member of ALAF, has kindly allowed us to publish his article which appeared in note #23 of the CEIPP Domain. We would like to thank him on behalf
Polynesian Navigators Read More »
One cannot speak of Lapérouse without mentioning his teenage friend Jean-Baptiste Mengaud de la Hage (1741-1780). His parents lived in Toulouse and it is not clear why he attended high school in
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Book to read Author : Elisabeth Rivoire Publication date 30/01/2020 Publisher Oskar Collection Roman Format When Lapérouse prepared his expedition to circumnavigate the world, he took on board the young Barthélemy de
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