MAOUNA, one of the Navigator's islands in the south Pacific ocean. Here M. de la Perouse, commander of the French ships the Bouffole and Astrolabe, met with his first fatal accident in 1787; M. de Langle,
Marana II Marana
Langle, captain of the Astrofabe, with 11 officers and
sailors, were massacred by the natives. W. Long. 169.
S. Lat. 14. 19.