Napoleon ordered General Jerot to march French troops over the Pyrenees. On November 30, French troops entered the Portuguese capital of Lisbon and closed the country's ports to English ships.
Auctioneer Thomas Del Mar said: “Napoleon’s arrival on the Bellerophon is recorded in the log for the ship dated July 15 1815. “While in custody Napoleon and his entourage were treated like ...
Paintings of the time show him returning to France, grandly victorious, with a star of destiny shining over his ship. By the time Napoleon returned to France from Egypt in August 1799, he was famous.
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