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Anthony de la Roché, born sometime in the 17th century, (spelled also Antoine de la Roché, Antonio de la Roché or Antonio de la Roca in some sources) was an Antarctic Convergence.[1]
Having acquired a 350-ton ship in bays – possibly Drygalski Fjord according to some experts – where the battered ship anchored for a fortnight.
According to la Roché's report published in London in 1678[2] and its surviving 1690 summary, "they found a Clerke Rocks further to the southeast.
Several days after his departure from uninhabited island, "where they found water, wood and fish", and spent six days "without seeing any human being", thus making what some historians believe was the first landing on the South Atlantic island that had been discovered by the Portuguese navigator Gonçalo Álvares in 1505 or 1506 (and known as Gough Island since 1731).[2][3]
La Roché successfully reached the Brazilian port of Salvador, and eventually arrived in La Rochelle, France on 29 September 1675.[2][4][5][6][7]
Captain
Roché Glacier in Vinson Massif, Antarctica are named for Anthony de la Roché.[10][11]
[9] The second ever
Soon after the voyage cartographers started to depict on their maps 'Roché Island', and 'Straits de la Roche' separating the island from an 'Unknown Land' to the southeast, honouring the discoverer. In particular, the newly discovered island appeared on the following 18th century maps:
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