“What everybody knows, captain,” I answered him.
“And could you kindly tell me what everybody knows?” he asked me in a gently ironic tone.
“Very easily.”
I related to him what the final deeds of Captain Dumont d’Urville had brought to light, deeds described here in this heavily condensed summary of the whole matter.
In 1785 the Count de La Pérouse and his subordinate, Captain de Langle, were sent by King Louis XVI
“What everybody knows, captain,” I answered him.
“And could you kindly tell me what everybody knows?” he asked me in a gently ironic tone.
“Very easily.”
I related to him what the final deeds of Captain Dumont d’Urville had brought to light, deeds described here in this heavily condensed summary of the whole matter.
In 1785 the Count de La Pérouse and his subordinate, Captain de Langle, were sent by King Louis XVI
