Volume 1

A voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the years 1789 and 1790. Containing an account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale ... To which is added, a voyage in the Red Sea. Including a description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen ... / Tr. from the French of L. de Grandpré.

  • Grandpré, L. de (Louis), 1761-1846.
Date:
1803
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Credit: A voyage in the Indian Ocean and to Bengal, undertaken in the years 1789 and 1790. Containing an account of the Sechelles Islands and Trincomale ... To which is added, a voyage in the Red Sea. Including a description of Mocha, and of the trade of the Arabs of Yemen ... / Tr. from the French of L. de Grandpré. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3 va] 1er Grenier. My approach to the bank was annoLinced by the lead, and the Isk aux Frégates being in sight confirmed my ' situation. At six o’elock in the evenlng I made that sinali island, and directed my course for Mahé, the capital ot these establishments, whicli the distance yet pre- vented me from perceiving. I was then in thirty fathom water. « The nlght was extremely tempestuous, and the next day, about eight in the morning,' I discovered Mahé, where I came to anchor at tliree in the afternoon. Tlie govcrnor was an officer ot engineers detaclied from the Isle of France, and î received from hlm ail the attention and assistance I could desire. ê The Sechelles form a small and distinct archipelago in the midst of the large one to the north of the Isle of France. Thev^ are elevated above a bank ôf sand, whicli entirely surrounds them. Their ilame is* a compliment paid to Mr. de Sechetlés*,' B 2