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Lieutenant Michel Francois Blondela (1741 - 1788)
Early engraving of canoe of Port Francais (Lituya Bay) Alaska which La Perouse visited on 1786 July. The inlet, which La Pérouse named Port des Francais and now known as Lituya Bay, is most dramatic and La Pérouse was struck by the … Read Full Description
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Early engraving of canoe of Port Francais (Lituya Bay) Alaska which La Perouse visited on 1786 July. The inlet, which La Pérouse named Port des Francais and now known as Lituya Bay, is most dramatic and La Pérouse was struck by the majesty of the place. He led a party to explore the head of the bay, which separates into two arms, both of which have glaciers feeding into them. The expedition lost twenty of it’s crew here.
From, Charts and Plates to La Perouse’s Voyage.
Artist:
Lieutenant Michel Francois Blondela (1741-1788)
Blondela entered the French military as a volunteer in 1777 and continued his naval service on the east coast of the United States, in the West Indies and back in France before joining the La Pérouse expedition. While not officially assigned as artist to the expedition, Blondela’s talents were a great asset to the voyage’s visual record. La Pérouse commented on Blondela in his journal, “he applies himself with a degree of assiduity, and executes with an intelligence, order and neatness, that are deserving of the highest encomiums”
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