From Vanikoro
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Another Cannon From Vanikoro
A brass cannon has recently *en recovered from the wreck of sailing ship off Peou, Vanikoro. he cannon is 25 inches long, ith a boie of about one and a ilf inches.
Two expeditions have brought ick relics from Vanikoro, which ey were satisfied had formed irt of La Perouse's ship, “Astro be”, but they could not find his iher ship, “La Boussole”. Three ossibie locations have been sug ?sted for the wreck of “La Bous de”, and one of these is in the rea where the cannon was re jvered by a Solomon Islands iver.
In Honiara in February it was ot regarded as by any means ertain that the cannon is con ected with La Perouse's ship; he wreck where it was found ould be that of a whaling vessel, r of a recruiting ship, as most i these vessels normally carried annon.