Jean-François de Galaup, count de La Pérouse

Jean François Galaup, count (comte) de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741{{ref|novaresio_birthyear}} - 1788) was a French naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.

References

• {{note|novaresio_birthyear}} Novaresio, Paolo (1996). The Explorers. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, NY ISBN 1-55670-495-X p. 180 "La Pérouse was born in 1741"
• {{note|novaresio_birthplace}} ibid. p. 180 "La Pérouse was born at Albi"
• {{note|novaresio_7yearwar}} ibid. p. 180 "involved in the Seven Years War."
• {{note|novaresio_wounded}} ibid. p. 180 "was wounded and captured by the British"
• {{note|novaresio_marriage}} ibid. p. 181 "married a young Creole girl ... met ... at Mauritius"
• {{note|novaresio_shipNames}} ibid. p. 181 "La Pérouse's ships, the Astrolabe and the Boussole"
• {{note|novaresio_scientists}} ibid. p.
• {{note|novaresio_expeditionStartDate}} ibid. p. 181 "The expedition ... left the port of Brest on the 1st of August, 1785"
• {{note|novaresio_scientists}} ibid. p. 184 "the mathematician and astronomer Dagelet, the botanist La Martiniére and the geologist Lamanon. Then there were the geographers, the physicists, the physicians, and the illustrators like Duché de Vancy and the two Prévosts (uncle and nephew)."
• {{note|novaresio_chile}} ibid. p. 186 "stopping on the coast of Chile"
• {{note|novaresio_islands}} ibid. p. 186 "La Pérouse headed for Easter Island ... left the island two days after his arrival ... after a brief stop in the Hawaiian Islands"
• {{note|novaresio_alaska}} ibid. p. 186 "Towards mid-June ... the coast of Alaska, dominated by ... Mount Saint Elias"
• {{note|novaresio_frenchPort}} ibid. p. 186-187 "entered a deep inlet that was baptised French Port (now Lituya Bay) ... On the 13th of July, 1786 .. Only one of the three boats that landed returned ...engulfed by a particularly violent ebb tide. ... Around twenty men perished"
• {{note|novaresio_monterey}} ibid. p. 187 "Monterey ... was reached on the 14th of September"
• {{note|novaresio_macao}} ibid. p. 187 "After 100 days of sailing ... reached the port of Macao. ... trying to trade the furs they had acquired in North America"
• {{note|novaresio_macaoLeaveDate}} ibid. p. 187, 191 "On the 9th of April, 1787, ... set sail for Japan."
• {{note|novaresio_petropaylosk}} ibid. p. 191 "On the 7th of September, the expedition reached the coast of Kamchatka. The Russian authorities at Petropavlosk"
• {{note|novaresio_recordsAtRussia}} ibid. p. 191 "to send a young officer across Siberia and Russia to France with the ships' logs and the valuable charts."
• {{note|novaresio_samoaDate}} ibid. p. 191 "On the 6th of December, ... the explorers dropped anchor off a Samoan island."
• {{note|novaresio_samoaAttack}} ibid. p. 191 "The squad ... was attacked as they were returning to their boats, and 12 men were killed, including De Langle, Lamanon and another officer. Another 20 were seriously wounded."
• {{note|novaresio_tonga}} ibid. p. 192 "After having reached Tonga, he headed toward Australia"
• {{note|novaresio_sirius}} ibid. p. 192 "At Botany Bay he consigned his charts to the captain of the British ship Sirius"
• {{note|novaresio_durville}} ibid. p. 192 "Dumont d'Urville locate the remains of a wreck on the reef around the coral atoll of Vanikoro ... The material recovered ... belonged to the Astrolabe."