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Visit of Cyrille Pierre-Theodore Laplace to Fort Ross and Bodega Bay in August 1839.

Publication: California History
Publication Date: 22-MAR-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Visit of Cyrille Pierre-Theodore Laplace to Fort Ross and Bodega Bay in August 1839.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
VISIT OF CYRILLE PIERRE-THEODORE LAPLACE TO FORT ROSS AND BODEGA BAY IN AUGUST 1839

Translated and annotated by Glenn Farris (Jenner, CA: Fort Ross Interpretive Association, 2006, 64 pp., $10.50 paper)

In April 1839 Captain Cyrille Laplace, a career French naval officer, reached the California coast during a lengthy round-the-world voyage of observation and scientific exploration that he commanded aboard the frigate L'Artemise. This account of the nine days he spent at Ross Colony is excerpted and expertly translated from Laplace's detailed six-volume description of the voyage by Glenn Farris, a state park specialist who is...

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