Arthur Bertrand was a French author, son of General Bertrand and born on Saint Helena. His 1841 book 'Lettres sur l'expedition de Sainte Hélène', on the 1840 expedition to retrieve Napoleon's remains, devotes eight pages to its call at Madeira in July 1840.
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Napoleon — Son of General Bertrand, born on Saint Helena, who described the exhumation and the frigates' call at Funchal.
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24 July 1840–27 July 1840
The French frigates La Belle Poule and La Favorite, carrying the Prince of Joinville's mission to recover Napoleon's remains from Saint Helena, stayed at Funchal.
