Mission in Siberia
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 …
Laperouse’s companions
Barthélémy de Lesseps, Lapérouse’s messenger
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 …
Scholars and Artists of the expedition
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 …
