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Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de '''La Pérouse''', (1741-1788), French navigator, joined the navy as a teenager and had distinguished himself both as a commander in war and a navigator and oceanographer in peace when chosen, in 1783, to follow up on the unfinished work of [[James Cook]] in the far north [[Pacific]].
Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de '''La Pérouse''', (1741-1788), French navigator, joined the navy as a teenager and had distinguished himself both as a commander in war and a navigator and oceanographer in peace when chosen, in 1783, to follow up on the unfinished work of [[James Cook]] in the far north [[Pacific]].