appointed as a pilot to the frigate Amazone, under La Pérouse, in January 1781. Cruising in the Bay of Biscay, Amazone captured the twelve-gun privateer... 36 KB (3,913 words) - 06:51, 10 March 2024 |
she captured the 36-gun Amazone off Cape Henry, but the next day the squadron under Vaudreuil intervened, recapturing Amazone. Two months later, on 30... 10 KB (967 words) - 10:23, 8 September 2023 |
name "Guadeloupe parrot". The name Amazona comes from the French word "Amazone", which Buffon had used to refer to parrots from the Amazonian rainforest... 23 KB (2,682 words) - 20:55, 22 March 2024 |
scheduled to take 25 days. Destinations included the Virgin Islands, Martinique, Barbados and Trinidad, a steamboat excursion up the Orinoco to Ciudad... 39 KB (3,922 words) - 22:24, 24 April 2024 |