Solide Islands

Solide Islands (53˚42'00" 132˚59'00" In the approach to Port Louis, W side of Graham I, QCI), Solide Passage (54˚11'00" 132˚59'00" Between Langara I and Lucy I, off NW end of Graham I). La Solide, a well-equipped, 275-tonne vessel built by the wealthy House of Baux in Marseilles, made a voyage around the world in 1790–92, under Capt Etienne Marchand, in search of scientific knowledge and commercial opportunity. It anchored at Cloak Bay for several weeks in 1791, and its officers made the...

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