Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741—1788) was a French navigator who explored the Pacific Ocean.[1] He died when his ship was wrecked in the New Hebrides during 1788. He met the English when they arrived in Australia with the First Fleet in January 1788. After a short stay in Botany Bay, he sailed away into the Pacific.

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse

References
  1. Marchant, Lesley R. (1967). "La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup (1741–1788)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 27 August 2011 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.


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