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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]].

With two ships, “''La Boussole''” and “''L’Astolabe''”, he sailed from [[Brest]] on 1st August 1785, making his way to the Sandwich Islands ([[Hawaii]]) via [[Cape Horn]] and [[Chile]]. Continuing to [[Alaska]] he began a southerly survey of the coast as far down as [[California]] where he made repairs at [[Monterey]] before crossing the [[Pacific]] to [[Macao]], then [[Manila]]. After another refit and provisioning he turned north to follow up on missionary descriptions of coastlines north of [[Korea]] and sent a progress report with an officer overland to [[Paris]] from [[Russia]]n Kamchatka.  

With two ships, “''La Boussole''” and “''L’Astolabe''”, he sailed from [[Brest]] on 1st August 1785, making his way to the Sandwich Islands ([[Hawaii]]) via [[Cape Horn]] and [[Chile]]. Continuing to [[Alaska]] he began a southerly survey of the coast as far down as [[California]] where he made repairs at [[Monterey]] before crossing the [[Pacific]] to [[Macao]], then [[Manila]]. After another refit and provisioning he turned north to follow up on missionary descriptions of coastlines north of [[Korea]] and sent a progress report with an officer overland to [[Paris]] from [[Russia]]n Kamchatka.