What is Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse?
[[File:Laperouse 1.jpg|thumb|220px|Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse]] '''Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse''' (1741—1788) was a [[France|French]] navigator who explored the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Marchant |first= Lesley R. |authorlink= |year= 1967 |id=la-perouse-jean-francois-de-galaup-2329 |title= La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup (1741–1788) |accessdate= 27 August 2011 }}</ref> He died when his ship was wrecked in the [[New Hebrides]] during 1788. He met the English when they arrived in [[Australia]] with the [[First Fleet]] in January 1788. After a short stay in [[Botany Bay]], he sailed away into the Pacific. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup}} [[Category:1741 births]] [[Category:1788 deaths]] [[Category:French nobility]] [[Category:French explorers]]