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
Map of Kolkata, 1785
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1media/banniere_navire.jpg2021-07-22T13:56:22-04:00Golgotha (Calcutta/Kolkata)32Port in South Asiagoogle_maps2021-08-20T11:17:57-04:0010/04/1754 - 10/22/175422.5675, 88.37 The Prince de Conti was at Golgotha (Calcutta/Kolkata) on 4 and 22 October 1754.
Seven people, most of them women, disembarked at Kolkata.
The voyage's second death occurred while the ship was in the vicinity of Kolkata. On 19 October, a 28-year-old sailor named Julien-Pierre Roussel (n° 64) died of "flux de sang" (dysentery) while on the Ganges. He left no possessions of value.
