Hudson Bay
In 1782, Lapérouse was ordered to undertake a secret mission, which he had helped prepare: to destroy, with a fleet of three ships under his command, the English forts of York and […]
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What’s good to know about Lapérouse
First battles
Jean-François de Galaup embarked in March 1757 on the Célèbre in the squadron commanded by Count Dubois de La Motte and sent to the rescue of Louisbourg, on Île Royale. He escaped
Beginning of the Navy Career
Once his studies were completed, peace had returned to France, and jobs in the Navy were scarce. Lapérouse sailed the French Atlantic coast carrying timber between Bayonne and the shipyards of Rochefort
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Childhood and education : Between Albi And Brest
Lapérouse was born under the name of Jean-François de Galaup, on August 23, 1741, at the Château du Gô, about four kilometers from the center of Albi, near Lescure d’Albigois. His father,
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The frigate Hermione
242 years ago, the frigate L’Hermione was launched and, in the following year (April 28, 1780), La Touche-Tréville, commanding L’Hermione, was able to lead the Marquis de Lafayette to Boston with the
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The expedition
« Comte Jean-François de Galaup de Lapérouse, I am sending you on a scientific expedition to the last ocean with unknown parts…» Louis XVI, king of France, asked Lapérouse to take care
