laguemba

Updated: June 18, 2025

At this station a sloop was put under orders to proceed to the island of Laguemba, where was an anchor which D'Urville would have been well pleased to obtain, as he had lost two of his own while at Tonga.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century

During eighteen consecutive days, in the face of bad weather and a rough sea, the Astrolabe cruised through the Fiji Archipelago, surveyed the islands of Laguemba, Kandabou, Viti-Levou, Oumbenga Vatou Lele, Ounong Lebou, Malolo, and many others, giving special attention to the southern islands of the group, which up to that period had remained almost entirely unknown.

Jules Verne - Celebrated Travels and Travellers: Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century