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Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Th Odore, French Navigator (1793-1875).

Autograph letter signed ("C. Laplace").

Fort-Royal (Martinique), December 1844.,

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Author
Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Th Odore, French Navigator (1793-1875).
Publishers
Fort-Royal (Martinique), December 1844.
Keyword
Autographs: Science
Languages
English

Description

Large 8vo. 2 pp. on bifolium. Written from Fort-Royal, where he commanded a division between 1844 and 1847. Laplace informs his correspondent that he has kept the addressee's nephew aboard his frigate and thinks of returning him to Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe). He further writes that he had planned to return to Guadeloupe sooner, but circumstances had prevented him from traveling. - Laplace was commander of La Favorite with which he circumnavigated the globe between 1830 and 1832, promoting France's overseas trade. In 1837-1840 he made a second voyage during which he visited Hawaii with the 52-gun frigate L'Art mise to end the persecution of Catholics (as the French saw it), an intervention known as the Laplace Affair. - Slightly spotty.