18th C Indian Ocean Voyages

The Voyage of the Dauphin (1757)

The 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 La Fontaine, the Dauphin travelled to the Mascarenes where it engaged in trade between the islands and Madagascar before it was condemned at Île de France.

Joséph Tréguier had been on this ship previously. His first voyage was on the Dauphin in 1749-1750.

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