Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1834. Artist: Unknown
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Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse, 18th century French navigator, astronomer and explorer, c1830. La Perouse (1741-1788) spent four years (1785-1788) exploring the islands in the Pacific Ocean, China and Japan, Hawaii, Australia and the Western Coast of North America. La Perouse and his expedition were lost in the Pacific in 1788, probably after being shipwrecked. From The Gallery of Portraits by Charles Knight. (London, 1834).
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- Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de La Perouse: French: Explorer, navigator, astronomer
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- Charles Knight: British: Author, publisher, printer, poet, editor, writer
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