FROGER (François).
Relation d'un Voyage Fait en 1695,1696, & 1697. Aux cotes d'Afrique, Detroit de Magellan, Bresil, Cayenne et Isles Antilles, par un Escadre des Vaiseaux du Roi, commandee par M. de Gennes.
One of the “Freebooters” Capt. Macerty persuaded the French Government to mount an expedition to establish a colony in the Straits of Magellan. De Gennes was given command and the young Froger, nineteen at the time, determined to seek his fortune on the venture. After the sack of the British trading station at the mouth of the Gambia river, the expedition continued to South America where first Bahia then Rio were visited, described fully by Froger, who is a most capable, hydrographer, draughtsman and narrator. The expedition got to the Straits but turned back due to lack of provisions. Borba, 331-333; Sabin, 26004.
