Discovery of 18th-century sailing logbook sheds new light on first French navigations
- Posted on April 4, 2026
- By Le Monde
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Discovery of 18th-century sailing logbook sheds new light on first French navigations
Unearthed by a bookseller from the Brittany region, a mysterious logbook is reviving the story of the first French around-the-world sea journeys. Page after page, it narrates a maritime and commercial epic that took place 50 years before the great scientific expeditions.
