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3 unusual facts about Lituya Bay


Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures

He died trying to negotiate the passage of the bay of Lituya.

Charles Gabriel Morel d'Escures (3 January 1751, Alençon – 13 July 1786, Baie des Français, Lituya, Alaska) was a French navigator and explorer and a member of the La Pérouse expedition (1 August 1785 to 13 July 1786) and of the Académie de Marine.

Château de Méréville

They had died young at sea in Lituya Bay during the La Pérouse expedition.



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