_ 242 _ The principal episodes of French penetration into the Indian Ocean are, for the most part, well known. Documentary sources are not plentiful, nevertheless some comparisons should be offered and something by way of synthesis. The chronology of the voyages has often been confused by later writers; the list can be sorted out and made more complete, and the intention of these voyages and what they achieved deserve better explanation. Much has been written about the voyage to insular south-east Asia of Ango's two vessels commanded by the Parmentier brothers, the "Pensée" and the "Sacre", and about the Indian travels of the crew of the "Marie de Bon Secours" (also known as the "Grant Angloys"), but this by no means comprises the total information available. It can be supplemented from notarial and judicial sources in the archives of Normandy and from various series in the Portuguese Torre do Tombo, particularly the correspondence of Portuguese diplomatic representatives in France, and finally, from some Italian sources. In France, the idea of reaching the East Indies took concrete form when Giovanni Verrazzano and his brother Girolamo came from Florence and began their association with Ango, with the cooperation of the Italian bank at Lyon and under the patronage of King Francois
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