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Brest

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Brest is a French port. The Elucidário mentions it as the destination of the Gueydon and as the port to which the Jules Michelet carried the remains. It was also the European end of the telegraph cable whose repair yielded lava samples.

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  1. In summer the Brest–Cape Cod telegraph cable broke, and its recovery brought up lava fragments from the Atlantic floor.

  2. French minister Albert Sarraut visited Funchal aboard the cruiser Gueydon, which left for Brest the next day.

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