Europe 1 Studio SEASON 2021 - 202207h00, October 19, 2021
Under the reign of Louis XV, then Louis XVI, the sailors Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and Jean Aleno de Saint-Aloüarn brave the screaming 50th and roaring 40th in search of the fifth continent.
If James Cook has eclipsed their names, is he really the first to discover Australia?
In this new episode of the Europe 1 Studio podcast "At the heart of History", Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach re-establishes the truth about the discovery of the Southern continent.
Kerguelen, Crozet, Marion Dufresne, Surville… Each of these Breton sailors gave their name to an island, an archipelago or a ship.
But what about Saint-Aloüarn?
In this new episode of the Europe 1 Studio podcast "At the heart of History", Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach explains why this little-known sailor deserves posterity ...
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Writing and presentation: Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach
Production: Timothée Magot
Director: Oscar Vataire
Distribution and editing: Clémence Olivier with Salomé Journo
Graphics: Sidonie Mangin
Bibliography:
Kerguelen, the phoenix of the southern seas
, Alain Boulaire, France Empire, 1996
Extraordinary and Unknown Stories of the Southern Seas
, Gracie Delépine, Collection Ouest France, 2002
Account of two voyages in the Southern Seas & the Indies
, 1771, 1772, 1773 & 1774, preface by Alain Boulaire, Le Serpent de mer, 2001
Great Zheroes in the History of France
, Clémentine Portier Kaltenbach, JC Lattès, 2010