Ange Auguste Joseph de Laborde de Boutervilliers
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Ange Auguste Joseph de Laborde de Marchainville (7 July 1766, Paris
- 13 July 1786, in the Baie des Français, Lituya
, Alaska
) was a French explorer.
His father was the very rich court banker Jean-Joseph de Laborde
, fermier général from 1759 to 1768, and a major figure in the financial, political and fashionable circles of the day. After Ange and his brother Édouard
died on the Lapérouse expedition
, Jean-Joseph and his wife raised a blue-turquoise marble rostral column
beside a pool at his château de Méréville
, decorated with 4 ships' bows, to glorify their virtues.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- 13 July 1786, in the Baie des Français, Lituya
Lituya Bay
Lituya Bay is a fjord located on the coast of the Southeast part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is long and wide at its widest point. The bay was noted in 1786 by Jean-François de La Pérouse, who named it Port des Français...
, Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
) was a French explorer.
His father was the very rich court banker Jean-Joseph de Laborde
Jean-Joseph de Laborde
- Biography:Laborde was born near Jaca in Aragon, into a modest béarnaise family. When he reached adolescence he joined his uncle, who was head of a maritime import-export company at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and took over as head of the business on the cousin's death...
, fermier général from 1759 to 1768, and a major figure in the financial, political and fashionable circles of the day. After Ange and his brother Édouard
Édouard Jean Joseph de Laborde de Marchainville
Édouard Jean Joseph de Laborde de Marchainville was a French explorer and naval officer.- Life :...
died on the Lapérouse expedition
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.-Early career:...
, Jean-Joseph and his wife raised a blue-turquoise marble rostral column
Rostral column
A rostral column is a type of victory column, originating in ancient Greece and Rome where they were erected to commemorate a naval military victory. Traditionally, rostra — the prows or rams of captured ships — were mounted on the columns...
beside a pool at his château de Méréville
Château de Méréville
The Château de Méréville is a chateau in Méréville in the valley of the Juine, France. It is the rival of the Désert de Retz as two of the most extensive Landscape Gardens provided with follies and picturesque features — parcs à fabriques — made in the late eighteenth century...
, decorated with 4 ships' bows, to glorify their virtues.