stevefaeembra
@stevefaeembra@mapstodon.space  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Mapping the journey of the French exploration vessel La Boussole, from August 1785 to Jan 1788.
Quite an epic journey!

Route taken from logbooks in the CLIWOC database (https://www.historicalclimatology.com/cliwoc.html)

It and its sister ship sunk after leaving Australia, in the Solomon Islands (this part is not shown)

#Blender#QGIS

A globe spins around as the camera follows a short red line as it meanders across the oceans. This is the route of La Boussole, a French expedition from 1785-1788 It starts in Brittany, rounds the west coast of Africa, down the east coast of South America It rounds cape Horn and tracks up to Hawaii. Goes up to Alaska and down the Pacific coast of North America Crosses to Macau, down to the Phillipines, then up the coast of Asia to Kamchatka, then south the middle of the Pacific From there it crosses westwards to Australia at Botany Bay
A globe spins around as the camera follows a short red line as it meanders across the oceans. This is the route of La Boussole, a French expedition from 1785-1788 It starts in Brittany, rounds the west coast of Africa, down the east coast of South America It rounds cape Horn and tracks up to Hawaii. Goes up to Alaska and down the Pacific coast of North America Crosses to Macau, down to the Phillipines, then up the coast of Asia to Kamchatka, then south the middle of the Pacific From there it crosses westwards to Australia at Botany Bay