18th C Indian Ocean VoyagesMain MenuThe Voyage of the Prince de ContiFollow a French East India Company voyageLascarsSouth Asian sailors on the Prince de ContiThe Grim Side of SailingDeath and Disease on the Prince de ContiClimbing the LadderFollow the career trajectories of skilled sailorsMath and Science at SeaSailors' homework on the Prince de ContiAlong for the ridePassengers on the Prince de ContiMargaret Schottef1cf1ba52c6ad9ac71dc2f31f540ecfd6f863db2Matt Robertshaw40e5b327fdb9634f3283f04eaa4ba38307a08ce4
1media/banniere_navire.jpg2021-07-22T13:41:08-04:00Santiago (St Jago)40Port on Ilha Santiago, Cabo Verde.google_maps2021-08-20T11:07:20-04:0004/04/175415.021165947399389, -23.715820127085305 The Prince de Conti was at Santiago on 4 April 1754. While there, five French soldiers deserted their company.
After the ship left Cabo Verde, somewhere in the South Atlantic, the Prince de Conti experienced its first death of the voyage. On 31 May, a 16-year-old cabin boy named Gilles-Jacques L'Helieve (or l'Elicoc) (n° 121) fell overboard and drowned. He left £3 worth of possessions.
