Explore: Philippe-Victor Touchard

(1810 - 1879)

Frenchman Philippe-Victor Touchard was a lieutenant aboard ‘The Bonite’, commanded by Captain Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant, which left Toulon, in southern France, on 6 February 1836. The purpose of the voyage was to circumnavigate the globe, taking consular agents to various remote posts. However, the crew also made many valuable scientific observations.