Journal historique de mes voyages en ameriques ... : journal, 1779 January 5-1782 October 12.

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Journal historique de mes voyages en ameriques ... : journal, 1779 January 5-1782 October 12.

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Journal (281 pages) entitled, in full, " Journal Historique De mes Voyages en ameriques melés d'un requeil fidelle Des Differente Evenment arriveé aux antille," by an unidentified French naval figure aboard the warship Robuste. Describes naval activities in North America and the Caribbean, especially around Martinique, Dominica, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Saint Eustatius, and St. Christopher (Saint Kitts). Persons mentioned include François-Claude-Amour, marquis de Brouillé; Charles Henri, comte d'Estaing; François Joseph Paul de Grasse comte de Grasse; and Baron George Brydges Rodney Rodney.

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Estaing, Charles Henri, comte d', 1729-1794

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