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Saint-Paul and Saint-Denis, 18th c.
12021-08-02T13:43:19-04:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd2321011Saint-Paul and Saint-Denis, 18th c.plain2021-08-02T13:43:19-04:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232
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1media/banniere_navire.jpg2021-07-22T13:37:25-04:00Saint-Paul28Port on Île Bourbon (Réunion)google_maps2021-08-20T11:34:34-04:0011/26/1755 - 12/15/1755-21.00961, 55.27134 The Prince de Conti was at Île de Bourbon from late November through mid-December 1755. For most of this time it was at the port of Saint-Paul.
At Saint-Paul, ten people disembarked and ten embarked on the Prince de Conti.
It seems that part of the reason for this mini-leg from Île de France to Île Bourbon was medical. Of the ten who disembarked at Saint-Paul, nine went to hospital. Eight were ill and one was injured after falling from a height. There is no record of any of them dying. The tenth who stayed in Saint-Paul was a 17-year-old cabin boy named Pierre-Alexandre Boulé (n° 124).
All of the ten who boarded the Prince de Conti were listed as passengers, returning to Europe at the expense of the Company. Some were soldiers, some sailors, one was a miller.
1media/banniere_navire.jpg2021-07-22T14:13:54-04:00Saint-Denis19Port on Île Bourbon (Réunion)google_maps2021-08-20T11:44:26-04:0011/29/1755-20.8789, 55.4481The Prince de Conti was at Saint-Denis on 29 November 1755.
The Prince de Conti spent a few weeks at Île Bourbon (Réunion). Most of this was at Saint-Paul, but the record shows the ship moved up the coast to Saint-Denis toward the end of November. Here, on 29 and 30 November, the Prince de Conti dropped off ten passengers. This group had boarded the ship at Port Louis, Île de France on 26 November. They disembarked a few days later at Saint-Denis. The group included three soldiers, a woman, and six slaves. [This is how I read it, in any case. It is possible that the slaves are listed twice—once under Laval (n° 373) and once separately as "anonymous" (n° 374). In that case, there would only be three slaves.]
After the stop at Saint-Denis, the Prince de Conti went back down the coast to Saint-Paul, and a few days later returned to Port Louis, Île de France. Thence, it began its long trek back to Europe. This final leg took about 112 days.
One final death took place during the long, last leg of the voyage. Pierre Le Gal, a sailor engaged at Port Louis, succumbed to dysentery on 18 March 1756, when the ship was still a few weeks out from Europe.
12021-08-13T14:54:55-04:00The Mascarenes2plain2021-08-13T14:55:12-04:0008/16/1749 - 03/07/1750-20.164444, 57.504167The Dauphin landed at Port Louis, Île de France (Mauritius) on 16 October 1749. Here, presumably, they sold the 52 enslaved Africans they had purchased at Gorée. There is no record how many of these captives survived the crossing.
The Dauphin, spent over six months in the Mascarenes. Most of this time was spent at Port Louis on Île de France, but the is record of three brief trips over to Île Bourbon (Réunion).
On 7 March 1750, the ship departed for its passage back to Europe.