I am pleased to write to you from American Samoa, on the main island of Tutuila (Manoua for La Pérouse) where I am currently on a stopover for a few days, and to tell you in a few lines about my visit to the Bay of the Massacre. By explaining the tragedy that took place […]
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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 of the members of ALAF. You can download the original ici. Polynesian Navigators Introduction Don’t look for it – if you still have
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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 Albi, but La Pérouse declared: “our friendship dates back to high school”. Mengaud had been a sea guard in Toulon as well as
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Continuation of the sailing trip in the wake of Lapérouse by Hubert Furco Ce Mardi 21 juin , Hubert Furco, membre de l’ALAF, a largué les amarres sur sa splendide Goélette, « Lazy-Lady », depuis Marseillan, pour suivre le sillage de Jean-Francois de Lapérouse, en solitaire. This Tuesday, June 21, Hubert Furco, member of ALAF,
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18 septembre 2022 Journée du Patrimoine Lieu : Montirat (Tarn) Comme chaque année, monsieur Bernard Debar organise à l’occasion de la fête du patrimoine, une découverte du village historique de Montirat et une chasse aux trésors pour les enfants. Le thème de l’année 2022 porte sur Lapérouse et sa célèbre expédition. Naturellement l’ALAF s’est associée
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FANC – Tripartite Sea Training LAPEROUSE 22 From August 30 to 31, Australia, Japan and France conducted the maritime exercise LAPEROUSE 2022 off New Caledonia. The aim of this training was to develop interoperability between these three strategic partners in the Indo-Pacific area, in order to increase efficiency in the event of a crisis or
Interview of the President of ALAF on July 07, 2022, on Lapérouse, the Association & the Museum Jean Marie Pestel, president of ALAF had the honors of Radio Albigés, the tarn in the headphones!!! You can listen to the whole program: You can also go on the site of Radio Albigés, le tarn dans les
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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 Lesseps. Arriving in Siberia, the latter’s mission was to bring back a trunk containing the maps, letters, sketches collected during his journey to
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A conference entitled “In the footsteps of Monsieur de Lapérouse, an ethnologist’s view of Vanikoro” presented by Mr. Christian Coiffier, ethnologist at the MNHN will take place at the village hall of Montirat Saint-Christophe on July 9, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Mr. Coiffier was a member of the 2018 expedition. Christian Coiffier was trained as
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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 Collège Sainte-Barbe in Paris. He abandoned a maritime and military career and devoted himself to drawing. He started in 1866 at La Vie
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