In the age of Pacific exploration, two men spearheaded expeditions to parts of globe previously uncharted by Europeans - Jean François de La Pérouse and James Cook. Although La Pérouse and Cook would never meet, both men would converge on Cape Breton Island in the year 1758, near the beginning of their careers. This episode takes us from the port of Rochefort, France to the idyllic settlement known today as Englishtown, and then on to the shores of Gabarus Bay.SHOW NOTES: MUSICAL CREDITS: -- Les Habitants - Voilà la récompense SOURCES:1. “Where Fate Beckons: The Life of Jean-François de La Pérouse”, John Dunmore2. Johnstone, J. Johnstone., Winchester, C. (187071). Memoirs of the Chevalier de Johnstone vol. II p. 199, Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & son3. Colonial Society of Massachusetts, Volume III, The Journals of Ashley Bowen4. “Captain Cook’s War and Peace: The Royal Navy Years,” John Robson 5. “The Capture of Louisbourg, 1758,” Hugh Boscawen6. "Acadian Settlement on Ile-Royale, 1713-1734" by Bernard Pothier, B.A, of College Sainte-Anne7. “Plan du Fort Dauphin en Isle Royale, 1757” – Antoine-François Sorrel – Bibliotheque nationale de France Gallica8. “History of Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia,” Patterson, George Geddie9. T. A. Crowley and Bernard Pothier, “DU PONT DUCHAMBON, LOUIS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 15, 2022, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/du_pon....10. F. J. Thorpe, “HOLLAND, SAMUEL JOHANNES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 16, 2022, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hollan....