The Second voyage of Kerguelen was an expedition of the
French Navy to the southern Indian Ocean conducted by the 64-gun ship of the line
Roland, the 32-gun frigate
Oiseau, and the corvette
Dauphine, under Captain
Kerguelen. The aims of the expedition were to confirm the findings of the
First voyage of Kerguelen, returning the
Kerguelen Islands and exploring what was thought to be a peninsula of a southern continent.
The expedition, prepared with better equipment but less suitable ships than the first, led to the recognition that Kerguelen's southern continent was actually a barren archipelago.
Upon his return, Kerguelen was court-martialed, and expelled from the Navy for having brought his mistress aboard his ship.
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