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Auguste Febvrier-Despointes (French pronunciation: [oɡyst fɛvʁije depwɛ̃t]; 1796 – 5
March 1855) was a
French counter admiral. He
served as the
first commandant...
- aux échevins..., quote: "Escript en
nostre ville de Gand, le
XXIIIIme de
febvrier, l'an IIII****IX [quatre-vingt-dix-neuf = 99]." Page 356:
Lettre de l'achiduchesse...
- as post
captain for 39 years) and the
French under Rear-Admiral
Auguste Febvrier-Despointes. On 9 May 1854 the bulk of the
British and
French squadrons...
- Rear
Admiral David Price and a
French force under Counter-Admiral
Auguste Febvrier Despointes besieged a
smaller Russian force under Rear
Admiral Yevfimiy...
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other Pacific islands formed French Oceania. On 24
September 1853,
Admiral Febvrier Despointes took
formal possession of New
Caledonia and Port-de-France (Nouméa)...
- On 24
September 1853,
under orders from
Emperor Napoleon III,
Admiral Febvrier Despointes took
formal possession of New Caledonia.
Captain Louis-Marie-François...
- undisturbed. On 24
September 1853,
under orders from
Napoleon III,
Admiral Febvrier Despointes took
formal possession of New Caledonia. The
Spanish explorer...
- et Règlements de l'Académy
Royale de
Peinture et
Sculpture du mois de
Febvrier 1648." "Georges
Guillet de Saint-George
calls Louis Testelin "L'un des...
- the 18th
century CFP
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Auguste Febvrier Despointes 1796–1855
Counter admiral CFP
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corvette La
Constantine travelling to New Caledonia,
which Rear-Admiral
Febvrier-Despointes had just
taken possession of.
Montravel carried out a survey...
