The Maritime Museum of New Caledonia is a maritime museum in New Caledonia. It is largely dedicated to the history of French colonial exploration in the Pacific and the collection includes objects ret
Chinese ceramics from Lapérouse's wrecks
Close up of ceramics
French ship Astrolabe (1781)
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Astrolabe was a converted flûte of the French Navy, famous for her travels with Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse.
Maritime Museum of New Caledonia
…It is largely dedicated to the history of French colonial exploration in the Pacific and the collection includes objects retrieved from the frigates Astrolabe and Boussole, which were wrecked under the captaincy of Jean-François de Galaup de Lapérouse. The museum is located near the Betico ferry terminal in…
French Corvette Astrolabe