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The Voyage of the Dauphin (1749-1750)
12021-08-13T13:55:31-04:00Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd2321011plain2021-08-13T13:55:31-04:0001/25/1749 - 06/15/1750Matt Robertshawb17ae2d86131f0de10f5609f41b12fea9cbbd232The Dauphin was a sailing vessel owned by the French East India Company. It was built at the Lorient Dockyard in 1748. It had 20 cannons, a crew of 152, and a cargo capacity of 700 tonnes. Under the command of Captain Jean-Baptiste de Lesquelen, the Dauphin travelled to Gorée, West Africa, whence it took 52 enslaved Africans to Île Maurice in the Indian Ocean. It jumped back and forth between the islands of the Mascarenes for over six months, and then made its way back to Europe via Ascension Island.
The following is an account the Dauphin's voyage.
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