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Jean-François de La Pérouse

* 1741 La Gua near Albi, France
+ 1788 near Vanikoro, Îles Salomon


   

Jean-François de La Pérouse

Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse was a French naval officer and explorer
whose expedition vanished in Oceania.
Lapérouse was appointed in 1785 by Louis XVI and by the Secretary of State of the Navy,
to lead an expedition around the world.


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