What’s good to know about Lapérouse
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 …
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 …
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 …
«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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Lapérouse was born under the name of Jean-François de Galaup, on August 23, 1741, at the Château du Gô, about four kilometers from the center of Albi, near Lescure d’Albigois. His father, …
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242 years ago, the frigate L’Hermione was launched and, in the following year (April 28, 1780), La Touche-Tréville, commanding L’Hermione, was able to lead the Marquis de Lafayette to Boston with the …
