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Laperouse - English
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The voyage of La Pérouse round the world, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, with nautical tables.

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La Perouse, Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia - English
URL: http://www.1upinfo.com/encyclopedia/L/LaPerouJ.html

1741–c.1788, French navigator. A naval captain, in 1785 he took command of a French government expedition that was to search for the Northwest Passage from the Pacific side and to explore along the coasts of America, China, and Siberia and in the South Seas. He reached Alaska, visited the Hawaiian Islands, Macao, and the Philippines, then went to Japan and Kamchatka, and discovered La Pérouse Strait in 1787. He touched at Samoa and the Friendly Islands.

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Jean-Francois de la Perouse: Explorer - EnchantedLearning.com - English
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/l/laperouse.shtml

Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and he visited Easter Island and the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). He was lost at sea while searching for the Solomon Islands (after reaching Australia's Botany Bay).

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