Jean Gaspard DE VENCE

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FrenchBorn Jean Gaspard VENCE

French privateer, admiral and Maritime Prefect of Toulon

Born on April 6, 1747 in Marseille, France , France

Died on March 12, 1808 in Tonnerre, France

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In 1762 at age 15 he entered the merchant navy in Bayonne, sailed to Saint-Domingue and several years later became a captain. Transferred to the Royal Navy, served on a 74-gun battleship «Le Protecteur», incidentally studying mathematics and navigation. Then returned to the merchant navy and in 1767 aboard the ship «L'Auguste» take a cruise along the coast of Africa, near Cape St. Philip was in a shipwreck more than four months and get to Marseille, losing half the team from scurvy. ...   In 1762 at age 15 he entered the merchant navy in Bayonne, sailed to Saint-Domingue and several years later became a captain. Transferred to the Royal Navy, served on a 74-gun battleship «Le Protecteur», incidentally studying mathematics and navigation. Then returned to the merchant navy and in 1767 aboard the ship «L'Auguste» take a cruise along the coast of Africa, near Cape St. Philip was in a shipwreck more than four months and get to Marseille, losing half the team from scurvy.



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