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The Voyage of the Dauphin (1757)
12021-08-14T14:58:57-04:00Matt Robertshaw40e5b327fdb9634f3283f04eaa4ba38307a08ce41012Lorient - Cabo Verde - Mascarenesplain2021-08-16T11:58:38-04:0003/06/1757 - 11/11/1757Matt Robertshaw40e5b327fdb9634f3283f04eaa4ba38307a08ce4The Dauphin was a sailing vessel owned by the French East India Company. It was built at the Lorient Dockyard in 1748. It had 20 cannons, a crew of 152, and a cargo capacity of 700 tonnes. Under the command of Captain Jean-Baptiste de La Fontaine, the Dauphin travelled to the Mascarenes where it engaged in trade between the islands and Madagascar before it was condemned at Île de France.
Joséph Tréguier had been on this ship previously. His first voyage was on the Dauphin in 1749-1750.
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