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LA PÉROUSE Jean-François de Galaup de (1741-1788) navigateur
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LA PÉROUSE Jean-François de Galaup de (1741-1788) navigateur
MANUSCRIPT autograph, [November 1780]| 2 pages in-fol.
Extremely rare fragment of the logbook of La Pérouse returning from Newport (United States) to Brest, from 7 to 14 November 1780.
[On October 28, 1780, the frigate L'Amazone left Newport (south of Boston) under the command of Lieutenant (Navy) La Pérouse (promoted to Captain on April 4, 1780, he was effectively appointed on May 9, 1781) with, on board, Colonel de Rochambeau, 20, son of the General. He is accompanied by La Surveillante and L'Hermione. The sailors capture an English ship loaded with wine from Porto that they will sell in Plymouth, a small port south of Boston. From November 7 to 14, the Amazon is on the way to the northeast of Nova Scotland. The Perugia will arrive in Brest on December 6, 1780.]
Each day the navigator scrupulously notes certain events or other decisions taken to steer his boat, makes a summary of the weather, then indicates his positions: estimated latitude, observed latitude, longitude, estimated variation.
"[...] from the 7th to the 8th. The winds at two o'clock in the morning calmed all flat and we started to steer at 6 o'clock in the morning, with a light breeze of ballast SE on the course of ne| the calm saved the small vessel which I chased away yesterday in lapres midy and of which I am staying only three quarters of a mile [...] from 9 to 10. The winds to the SW passed at six o'clock to the W and then to the NN and finally to the NE at 10 o'clock I wanted a small building in all sight to leeward of me, which I did not chase away so as not to divert from my course [...] from the 13th to the 14th. The coolness coming from the ESS almost calm, the sea was very foggy at eight o'clock, the weather cleared up and the winds shifted to the SW"...
MANUSCRIPT autograph, [November 1780]| 2 pages in-fol.
Extremely rare fragment of the logbook of La Pérouse returning from Newport (United States) to Brest, from 7 to 14 November 1780.
[On October 28, 1780, the frigate L'Amazone left Newport (south of Boston) under the command of Lieutenant (Navy) La Pérouse (promoted to Captain on April 4, 1780, he was effectively appointed on May 9, 1781) with, on board, Colonel de Rochambeau, 20, son of the General. He is accompanied by La Surveillante and L'Hermione. The sailors capture an English ship loaded with wine from Porto that they will sell in Plymouth, a small port south of Boston. From November 7 to 14, the Amazon is on the way to the northeast of Nova Scotland. The Perugia will arrive in Brest on December 6, 1780.]
Each day the navigator scrupulously notes certain events or other decisions taken to steer his boat, makes a summary of the weather, then indicates his positions: estimated latitude, observed latitude, longitude, estimated variation.
"[...] from the 7th to the 8th. The winds at two o'clock in the morning calmed all flat and we started to steer at 6 o'clock in the morning, with a light breeze of ballast SE on the course of ne| the calm saved the small vessel which I chased away yesterday in lapres midy and of which I am staying only three quarters of a mile [...] from 9 to 10. The winds to the SW passed at six o'clock to the W and then to the NN and finally to the NE at 10 o'clock I wanted a small building in all sight to leeward of me, which I did not chase away so as not to divert from my course [...] from the 13th to the 14th. The coolness coming from the ESS almost calm, the sea was very foggy at eight o'clock, the weather cleared up and the winds shifted to the SW"...