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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse.
French Navy officer and explorer (1741–1788)
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About Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
Chef d'escadre Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse was a French Navy officer and explorer. Having enlisted in the Navy at the age of 15, he had a successful career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world. His ships stopped in Chile, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Macau, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Japan, Samoa, Tonga, and Australia before wrecking on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands.
Everything about Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse →- Occupation
- explorer, military personnel, seafarer, military officer
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- August 23, 1741
- Died
- 1788, December 31, 1788