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Pierre-Paulin Gourrège
Pierre-Paulin Gourrège (; 9 June 1749 in Bordeaux — 27 October 1805 near Cadiz) was a French Navy officer and captain. Career Gourrège started his career in the merchant Navy in 1749, rising to assistant pilot the next year, to lieutenant in 1772 and earning his commission of captain in 1777. In 1791, he became captain in the National Guard (France), National Guard, and was appointed Lieutenant in the Navy on 1 July 1792, taking command of the frigate ''French frigate Aglaé (1788), Fraternité'' on 13 November 1793.Quintin, p. 157 With ''Fraternité'', he cruised from Brest off Southern Spain before transferring on ''French ship Diadème (1756), Brutus''. On 21 March 1796, Gourrège was promoted to Commander, and to Captain on 22 September. On 10 November, he was appointed to ''French frigate Coquille (1794), Coquille'', supervised the commissioning of ''French frigate Indienne (1796), Indienne'' at the Havre from 20 October 1797, and took command of ''French frigate Créole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( ; ; Gascon language, Gascon ; ) is a city on the river Garonne in the Gironde Departments of France, department, southwestern France. A port city, it is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "''Bordelais'' (masculine) or "''Bordelaises'' (feminine). The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region. The city of Bordeaux proper had a population of 259,809 in 2020 within its small municipal territory of , but together with its suburbs and exurbs the Bordeaux Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 1,376,375 that same year (Jan. 2020 census), the sixth-most populated in France after Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, and Toulouse. Bordeaux and 27 suburban municipalities form the Bordeaux Métropole, Bordeaux Metropolis, an Indirect election, indirectly elected Métropole, metropolitan authority now in charge of wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
