Lot n° 196
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KERSAINT (Guy-Armand Simon de Coëtnempren, comte de). Relati - Lot 196
KERSAINT (Guy-Armand Simon de Coëtnempren, comte de). Relation de la prise de Demerari, Essequibo, et de la Berbice ; de 4 Frégates, 1 Cutter & 1 Schooner, & 11 Bâtimens Marchands, dans le même Continent, par M. de Kersaint, capitaine de Vaisseau du Roi. s. l., s. n., [1782]. Small in-4, 4 pp. without cover, woodcut royal arms of France on first p.. From the Gazette de Martinique.
In January 1782, commanding a division of five ships led by the Iphigénie, Armand de Kersaint (1742-1793) captured the settlements of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice on the Surinam coast, which had been conquered the previous year by the English.
Enclosed: Lettre de M. de Kersaint, chef de Division dans la Marine Françoise, adressée aux Matelots de Brest, 1 f. de 2 pp. s. n., s. l., [1790]. A letter in which de Kersaint, who defends revolutionary ideas, calls on the mutinous sailors to calm down and obey.
Expert : Madame Elvire POULAIN-MARQUIS
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