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Polynesian Navigators
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 …
The Navy has made an irreparable loss
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 …
Humor according to Sahib
The author Louis Ernest Lesage, known by the pseudonym Sahib or Ned (Paris, January 8, 1847 – May 31, 19191), was a French watercolor painter and caricature illustrator. Lesage studied at the …
The on-board windmill
The flour mills are an innovation of the Lapérouse expedition, known to the point of becoming a symbol of the silhouette of at least one ship.It is also known that Captain de …
Flour production on board at the end of the 18th century
Western food is traditionally based on the consumption of cereals, and in particular of different kinds of wheat, one of them being buckwheat, appreciated by Breton crews, which would have anti-scorbutic properties. …
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DISCOVERIES THROUGH READINGS
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 …
Visit in Aveyron to the mother of Lapérouse
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 …
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 …
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, …
