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La PErouse, Jean FranCois de Galaup, comte de, Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors
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La PErouse, Jean FranCois de Galaup, comte de[zhAN frANswA´ du gAlO´ kONt du lA pArOOz´] Pronunciation Key, 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 PErouse Strait in 1787. He touched at Samoa and the Friendly Islands. In 1788 he sailed from Botany Bay and was lost at sea. In 1826 the wrecks of what appeared to be his ships were discovered in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). La PErouse's journals have appeared in French in several editions.
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