Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

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Not to be confused with Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse, Baron de Lapeyrouse, after whom the genus Lapeirousia was named.

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
Portrait by Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu, 1778
Born23 August 1741 (1741-08-23)
Albi, France
Diedc. 1788 (aged 46–47)
Off Vanikoro, Pacific Ocean (presumed)
AllegianceFrance
BranchFrench Navy
Service years1756–1788
RankChef d'escadre
Commands
Conflicts
AwardsChevalier de Saint-Louis

Chef d'escadre Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (French: [lapeʁuz]; 23 August 1741 – c. 1788) was a French Navy officer and explorer. Having enlisted in the Navy at the age of 15, he had a successful career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world. His ships stopped in Chile, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Macau, the Philippines, Korea, Russia, Japan, Samoa, Tonga, and Australia before wrecking on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands.

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