Foreign Shipwrights under Selim III: The Case of Jacques Balthazard Le Brun

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FOREIGN SHIPWRIGHTS UNDER SELIM III:THE CASE OF JACQUES BALTHAZARD LE BRUN

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French Mission to the Ottoman Empire under J. B. Le Brun

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Polid Brun (J. B. Le Brun’s brother) joined the team later in 1796 Shipwright

Jean-Baptiste Benoît Shipwright

Alexis Guez Caulker

Louis Desulier Auger

Joseph Benoît (Jean-Baptiste Benoît’s son) Carpenter

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