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SHIP NOTES Pacific ranks as one of the major commercial and scientific voyages of the eighteenth century. Setting out from Brest in 1785, Laperouse sailed with two ships whose passengers included astronomers, engineers, physicists, botanists and artists . Their voyaging took them to the Sandwich Islands, the Pacific Northwest, Macao, the Sea of Japan and Kamchatka, and Botany Bay, where they arrived within days of the "First Fleet" of convict ships from England. From there they sailed to Melanesia, where they were wrecked on the island ofVanikoro, though this was not discovered until 1827 . Since many documents and letters were dispatched from various ports of call along the way, all was not lost, and recent dives on the wrecks themselves have yielded a number of important artifacts. The exhibit runs through September l l .
SPECIAL EXHIBITS The Mary Rose exhibition currently touring the US (see SH37), will be at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles (900 Exposition Blvd. , Los Angeles, CA 90007; 213 744-3337) through October 15. The Smithsonian's exhibit, "Magnificent Voyagers: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842" (see SH38) continues at the National Museum of Natural History through November 9. A collection of Winslow Homer's watercolors (see SH39) will be at the Amon Carter Museum 3501 Camp Bowie, Ft. Worth, TX 76107; 817 738-1933) through July 27, before going to the Yale University Art Gallery (1111 Chapel St., New Haven, CT; 203 436-0574) September I I-November 4.
As we were going to press, we learned that the Baltimore clipper, Pride of Baltimore, had sunk with a loss of four lives including her able captain, Armin Elsaesser, who was last seen diving to release a liferaft from the sinking ship. In the Pride of Baltimore we have lost one of the finest ships sailed by one of the finest captains and crew. We share the sorrow the community must feel at such a Joss. But we will remember them as exemplars of bold voyaging that will continue. -ED.
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SEA HISTORY, SUMMER 1986