Prony
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 4:56 pm
On Sept. 4, 1774, Captain James Cook discovered New Caledonia, which he named because the mountains in the Balade area where he anchored, reminded him of Scotland. Eighteen years later, Frenchman Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, while searching for the missing navigator La Perouse, stopped at Balade and the Isle of Pines.
The Loyalty Islands were explored in 1827 by Dumont d'Urville, who mapped the archipelago in 1840.
The first settlers were English missionaries and, in 1843, the French missionaries settled at Balade where, on September 24th 1853, Commodore Auguste Pevrter des Pointes, took official possession of New Caledonia by order of Napolean III.
In 1862, Admiral Guillian became Governor and established a penal settlement for convicts and political prisoners. In 1957, New Caledonia became a French Overseas Territory.
PRONY (steam corvette) 1847. French Navy. Unknown yard, Brest, France. unknown tonnage. 1,280hp steam engine. The PRONY was a steam corvette built at Brest between 1844-47. She was wrecked off New York on Nov. 5th 1861. Jean Joseph de Brun was her commander. Centre of stamp.
Source for all." Article in Watercraft Philately (JanlFeb2004) by Jean-Louis Araignon.
New Caledonia 2003 SG?
The Loyalty Islands were explored in 1827 by Dumont d'Urville, who mapped the archipelago in 1840.
The first settlers were English missionaries and, in 1843, the French missionaries settled at Balade where, on September 24th 1853, Commodore Auguste Pevrter des Pointes, took official possession of New Caledonia by order of Napolean III.
In 1862, Admiral Guillian became Governor and established a penal settlement for convicts and political prisoners. In 1957, New Caledonia became a French Overseas Territory.
PRONY (steam corvette) 1847. French Navy. Unknown yard, Brest, France. unknown tonnage. 1,280hp steam engine. The PRONY was a steam corvette built at Brest between 1844-47. She was wrecked off New York on Nov. 5th 1861. Jean Joseph de Brun was her commander. Centre of stamp.
Source for all." Article in Watercraft Philately (JanlFeb2004) by Jean-Louis Araignon.
New Caledonia 2003 SG?