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La Pérouse Expedition - Part 2: Into the vast unknown of the Pacific
The moment had come. On the first of August, seventeen eighty-five, the Boussole and the Astrolabe slipped their moorings, leaving the familiarity of the harbor behind. As the ships sailed down the coastline into the open Atlantic, the anticipation of the crew mingled with the salty air. The sails billowed, and the hulls groaned, each creak a reminder of the journey ahead.
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