Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse
French Navy officer and explorer (1741-1788) · France · Historical Figures · Died at 47
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Lapérouse commanded the frigate Astrée in the action of 21 July 1781.
Louis XVI, seated at right, giving Lapérouse his instructions on 29 June 1785. Louis XVI Giving His Instructions to La Pérouse by Nicolas-André Monsiau (1817). (Château de Versailles)
Easter Island in 1786
Lapérouse in Alaska, July 1786, by Louis-Philippe Crépin
Laperouse expedition memorial in Aʻasu, American Samoa.
The final letter by Lapérouse received in France. The document was carried to Europe from New South Wales in 1788 by the British ship Alexander, which had been part of the First Fleet carrying convicts to Australia.
Posthumous bust of Lapérouse in 1828, by François RudeAwards
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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.
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