Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories
October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
ITHACA, New York, Oct. 22 -- Cornell University posted the following news:
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Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories
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In 1788, two ships disappeared in the South Pacific. When they went down, the Boussole and the Astrolabe had been on an expedition commissioned by King Louis XVI, led by French explorer Jean-Francois de Galup, comte de La Perouse. Their loss became one of the most widely publicized disasters in French maritime his . . .
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Objects from famous shipwreck tell deeper stories
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In 1788, two ships disappeared in the South Pacific. When they went down, the Boussole and the Astrolabe had been on an expedition commissioned by King Louis XVI, led by French explorer Jean-Francois de Galup, comte de La Perouse. Their loss became one of the most widely publicized disasters in French maritime his . . .