{"id":4704,"date":"2018-10-10T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sophiedeboissieu.fr\/?page_id=4704"},"modified":"2018-10-10T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:37:41","slug":"saint-malo-louis-barthelemy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sophiedeboissieu.fr\/eng\/saint-malo-louis-barthelemy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CHINA SEA – LOUIS BARTH\u00c9L\u00c9MY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE CHINA SEA<\/h3>\n

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\"I, Louis-Barth\u00e9l\u00e9my Morin, <\/span>long distance captain<\/span>, commanding the ROSA-DROUHET from the port of Le Havre,[...] with nineteen crew members,[...] declare that :<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

I took from BORDEAUX a load of 400 tons of coal belonging to the French government, and 296 tons of various goods belonging to various traders, to be delivered to Shanghai (China). I left BORDEAUX on the first of APRIL [...] and on the seventh of JUNE, I passed the [...]Cap of GOOD ESPERANCE, [...] without having anything to report. \u00bb<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Thus began an adventure that was to be long and dramatic.<\/span><\/p>\n

He encountered the two biggest typhoons the world had ever known and arrived in Shanghai in a wreck rather than a ship. He would remain there for a long time while waiting for the trial that would clear him of accusations of incompetence.<\/span><\/p>\n

He kept the authorization to command.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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SOME SKETCHES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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