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New Caledonia: A Kanak warrior with spear and mace, c.1785.

Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole. His crew of 114 included sailors, scientists, a physicist, three draftsmen, three naturalists, clergymen, and a mathematician. They left France in August, 1785. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and visited Easter Island and Hawaii. His ships reached the west coast of Alaska in 1786 and did extensive mapping of the North American west coast from Alaska to Monterey, California. Next La Pérouse landed at Botany Bay (Port Jackson), Australia, before heading for the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse took the opportunity to send his journals, some charts and also some letters back to Europe with a British naval ship. He wrote that he expected to be back in France by June 1789, however neither he, nor any of his men, were seen again. Fortunately the valuable written documents that he dispatched with the Sirius from the in-progress expedition were returned to Paris, where they were published posthumously. Both of La Perouse's ships were lost in a storm close to the Solomons in 1788. No survivors were ever found.
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New Caledonia: A Kanak warrior with spear and mace, c.1785.
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Traduction automatique: Jean-François de Galoup, comte de La Pérouse (23 août 1741-1788) était un explorateur et officier de marine français. En 1785, le roi de France chargea La Pérouse de diriger une expédition pour explorer l'océan Pacifique, étudier les perspectives de chasse à la baleine et de fourrure et établir les revendications françaises dans cette région. La Pérouse avait admiré l'explorateur James Cook et souhaitait poursuivre son ?uvre. La Pérouse se voit attribuer deux navires de 500 tonnes appelés l'Astrolabe et la Boussole. Son équipage de 114 personnes comprenait des marins, des scientifiques, un physicien, trois dessinateurs, trois naturalistes, des ecclésiastiques et un mathématicien. Ils quittèrent la France en août 1785. La Pérouse cartographia la côte ouest de l'Amérique du Nord en 1786 et visita l'île de Pâques et Hawaï. Ses navires atteignirent la côte ouest de l'Alaska en 1786 et effectuèrent une cartographie approfondie de la côte ouest de l'Amérique du Nord, de l'Alaska à Monterey, en Californie. La Pérouse débarque ensuite à Botany Bay (Port Jackson), en Australie, avant de mettre le cap sur les Îles Salomon. La Pérouse en profite pour envoyer ses journaux, quelques cartes et aussi quelques lettres en Europe avec un navire de la marine britannique. Il écrivit qu'il s'attendait à être de retour en France d'ici juin 1789, mais ni lui ni aucun de ses hommes ne furent revus. Heureusement, les précieux documents écrits qu'il avait expédiés avec le Sirius de l'expédition en cours furent renvoyés à Paris, où ils furent publiés à titre posthume. Les deux navires de La Pérouse ont été perdus dans une tempête près des îles Salomon en 1788. Aucun survivant n'a jamais été retrouvé.
Jean-François de Galoup, Comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741-1788) was a French explorer and naval officer. In 1785, the King of France commissioned La Perouse to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, to investigate whaling and fur prospects, and to establish French claims in this area. La Pérouse had admired the explorer James Cook, and wanted to continue his work. La Perouse was assigned two 500-ton ships called the Astrolabe and the Boussole. His crew of 114 included sailors, scientists, a physicist, three draftsmen, three naturalists, clergymen, and a mathematician. They left France in August, 1785. La Perouse mapped the west coast of North America in 1786, and visited Easter Island and Hawaii. His ships reached the west coast of Alaska in 1786 and did extensive mapping of the North American west coast from Alaska to Monterey, California. Next La Pérouse landed at Botany Bay (Port Jackson), Australia, before heading for the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse took the opportunity to send his journals, some charts and also some letters back to Europe with a British naval ship. He wrote that he expected to be back in France by June 1789, however neither he, nor any of his men, were seen again. Fortunately the valuable written documents that he dispatched with the Sirius from the in-progress expedition were returned to Paris, where they were published posthumously. Both of La Perouse's ships were lost in a storm close to the Solomons in 1788. No survivors were ever found.
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