World● Low18m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 6:05 AM
Slipped between the pages of a book, these moving 18th-century letters shed new light on the tragedy of the Lapérouse expedition
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Discovered by pure chance, this correspondence has been authenticated as coming from the famous La Pérouse expedition, which departed from Brest in 1785 and was shipwrecked three years later in the Pacific Ocean. One of the greatest shipwrecks in history.
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