Astrolabe Rock

Astrolabe Rock (54 ̊11'00" 133 ̊00'00" S side of Parry Passage, NW end of Graham I, QCI). The Astrolabe, a 41-m, 500-tonne frigate (formerly the storeship Autruche) commanded by Capt Paul-Antoine-Marie Fleuriot de Langle, was dispatched on a round-the-world scientific journey by France in 1785. The expedition was led by Capt Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse, aboard the Boussole. After seeking the NW Passage off Alaska in July 1786, the vessels passed down the BC coast, sighting...

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