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Ship(s): Compagnie des Indes. Nationality: French. Port(s) of departure: Lorient,...
Catalogue reference: HCA 30/691
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1753-1756
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Ship(s): Compagnie des Indes.
Nationality: French.
Port(s) of departure: Lorient, France.
Destination(s): Pondichery, Bengal.
Type of Voyage: French East India Company.
Particulars: Captain Chantoiseau.
Diary/log of Charles Marie Perreault, 3rd pilot, 31 December 1753 to 7 May 1754.
With three notebooks: one abridged log/diary in French, for the ship Du Roq la Lyon, dated 1751-1752, and two in Dutch, dated 1753/4 and 1756 (provenance unknown).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- Open Document, Open Description
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High Court of Admiralty, and Supreme Court of Judicature: Admiralty Miscellanea
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