1859 Oceania, Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa: Missionary Ship Captain Auguste Marceau

Description: 1859 Oceania, Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa: Missionary Ship Captain Auguste Marceau Auguste Marceau Capitaine de Fregate Commandant de l'Arche d'Alliance Mort le 1er Fevrier 1851 Par un de ses Amis Ouvrage Dédié aux Militaires, aux Membres des Conférences de Saint-Vincent de Paul, aux Associés de la Propagation de la Foi, aux Maisons Religieuses Briday, Lyon / Périsse Frères - Vermot, Paris, Mai 1859. First edition. Half leather and paper-covered boards with ribbed leather spine and corners, gilt spine titles and decoration, duodecimo, 468 pages. In French. A detalled biography of Commander Auguste Marceau, nephew of General Marceau, who created in 1844 with Father Jean-Claude Colin, founder of the Order of the Marists, and the ship owner of Havre Louis Victor Marziou, the Society for Oceania to make available to the missionary fathers, ships to help them in their endeavors. From 1846 to 1849 he was the commander of the Ark of the Covenant, sailing in the Pacific Ocean, visiting the Marquesas and Tahiti, Samoa, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Sydney, and Tonga." Later editions of this work identify the author as "un pere mariste" or as Claudius Marie Mayet. Auguste François Marceau (1 March 1806 in Châteaudun - 1 February 1851 in Tours ) was a Frenchnaval officer known for his Catholic faith. His father, the brother of Republican General Francois Severin Marceau, sub-prefect of Châteaudun, was dismissed in 1814. He abandoned his family, spent the dowry of his wife, a lady of Carvoisin. He was exiled to the United States to return a few years later and died at the Bordeaux hospice. Auguste Marceau was admitted in 1824 to the Polytechnic where he befriends Lamoricière . He did extensive studies on steam and its release, he chose the Navy. Appointed midshipman 1st class on October 1, 1826, he boarded the corvette La Bayonnaise. He participated in the Madagascar campaign of 1829 which earned him the Legion of Honour. In 1832, he participated in the scientific expedition that brought back the Luxor Obelisk in Paris. He then participated in the Senegal campaign. Appointed in 1836 to lieutenant , he commanded the steam ship Minos of the postal service. Bon vivant and libertine, a follower of Saint-Simon, he attended Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin but converted in 1841 to Catholicism . He was appointed commander of the Royal Yacht Count of Eu but resigned after having heard of the project of the Le Havre shipowner Louis Victor Marziou, to develop Catholic missions in Oceania. He participated in the founding of the French society of Oceania with Marziou and helped to find donors. The ship The Ark of the Covenant is christened August 30, 1845 in Nantes and sailed on November 15 under the command of Marceau. April 7 it arrived in Valparaiso, then salied to the Marquesas, Tahiti , where he learned of the death of Bishop Epalle who on December 16, 1845 was killed by natives, Wallis where he visited the islands with Bishop Battalion and New Caledonia. He remained in the area for three years where he nearly fell into a trap set by cannibals. He left for France in January 28, 1849 and reached Brest in July 1849. The pope made made him a Knight of St. Gregory the Great. Three years after its foundation, by appealing to the generosity of the faithful, the Company added five more ships to the Ark of the Covenant: the Ship of the South Seas, the Morning Star, the Stella del Mare, the Anonymous and Léocadia. The revolution of February 1848 dealt a fatal blow to the company and forced it to liquidate its assets. Captain long-course Jean-Baptiste Duchesne (1832-1908), elder brother of the Academician Louis Duchesne , participated in the expedition of the Columbia River , after which the Morning Star ship, party Havre , made wreck in July 1849 on the bar at the entrance of the river, before creating the French store, one of the first four stores of Oregon city , the main western US city with San Francisco. Marceau retired to Lyon in the parent of the Marist missionaries and entered the Third Order of Mary. In December 1850 he wanted to become a priest but his health did not allow him. Auguste Marceau dies 1 February 1851 to Tours without having given birth to his utopia, creating a religious Navy. He is buried in Saint-Symphorien Cemetery Tours. In 1887 , the writer and painter Eugène Alcan has devoted a book Cannibals and time: Remember the Oceania campaign under the commander Marceau. Similarly, on condition of anonymity, two Marist Fathers wrote his biography: Auguste Marceau at René Haton library in 1891.? --- from Wikipedia, machine translated into English from the French CONDITION: Ex- seminary libray copy with stamps and label on front and back of title page, remnants of pocket on rear pastedown. Good. (Covers had rubbing of boards, light edge and corner wear. Contents are complete and intact with moderate foxing of Title Page and light to moderate foxing throughout the text. Binding is tight.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items. Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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