Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
(1741-1788)
French Navy officer and explorer
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Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (variant spelling: La Pérouse; 23 August 1741 – 1788?), often called simply Lapérouse, was a French naval officer and explorer. Having enlisted at the age of 15, he had a successful naval career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world. His ships stopped in Chile, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Mauritius, Reunion, Macau, Japan, Russia, and Australia, before wrecking on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands.
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23 August 1741 near Albi, France
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1788 (aged 46) Vanikoro, Solomon Islands (unconfirmed)
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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