Extract from the journal of the Découverte, Captain Dubocage
From Habele Institute
Levesque, Rodrigue (1998). "Extract from the journal of the Découverte, Captain Dubocage". History of Micronesia: A Collection of Source Documents: Vol. 11, French Ships in the Pacific, 1708-1717. Volume 11, French Ships in the Pacific, 1708-1717. Gatineau, Quebec: Éditions Lévesque. pp. 415–419. ISBN 0-920201-11-3.
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Abstract: Extract from the journal of the French ship Découverte, Captain Dubocage, recording the April 1711 discovery of Isle de la Passion, later Clipperton Island, while sailing from Huacho/Peru toward Guam and China; the account describes the rock, flat lagoon island, vegetation, positions, currents, and soundings.
