Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa də ɡalo kɔ̃t də lapeʁuz]; variant spelling: La Pérouse; 23 August 1741 – 1788?), often...
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under Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, looking for the lost expedition of Jean-François de La Pérouse. Kermadec was born on 12 September 1748 in Bohars, near the city...
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La Perouse or Lapérouse may refer to: La Pérouse, French exonym for Perugia in Italy La Perouse, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney La Perouse (New Zealand)...
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on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to La Pérouse. The small but bright La Pérouse A is surrounded by a ray system (higher albedo ejecta)...
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his uncle, Barthélemy de Lesseps, was the French chargé d'affaires. This uncle was an old companion of Jean-François de La Pérouse and the only survivor...
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La Pérouse Strait (Russian: пролив Лаперуза), or Sōya Strait (Japanese: 宗谷海峡), is a strait dividing the southern part of the Russian island of Sakhalin...
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Jean-François de La Pérouse, who was the first European to discover it. Cape Sōya, in Japan, is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) to the south, across La...
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present-day La Perouse, including the La Perouse area. La Perouse was named after the French navigator Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741–88)...
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Marie de La Condamine (South America) Charles Joseph Lambert (Egypt, Sudan) Jean-François de La Pérouse (Pacific Ocean) Francis de Laporte de Castelnau...
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Easter Island (redirect from Isla de Pascua)
bananas, sugar cane, and above all sweet potatoes." In 1786 Jean-François de La Pérouse visited Easter Island and his gardener declared that "three days'...
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