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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

1741 - 1788

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Commodore 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse is the 65th most popular explorer (down from 60th in 2019), the 849th most popular biography from France (down from 796th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Explorer.

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse is most famous for being the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 65 out of 498. Before him are Himilco, Diogo Cão, Hernando de Soto, Nikolay Przhevalsky, Yaqut al-Hamawi, and John Ross. After him are Ferdinand von Wrangel, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, William Dampier, Richard E. Byrd, Luís Vaz de Torres, and Alonso de Ojeda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 10. Before him are Angelica Kauffman, André Grétry, Henry Fuseli, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Emperor Momozono, and Benedict Arnold. After him are Johann Kaspar Lavater, Andrea Luchesi, Nicolas Chamfort, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, and Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1788, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 8. Before him are Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Thomas Gainsborough, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Charles Edward Stuart, and Maurice Quentin de La Tour. After him are Johann Georg Hamann, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, José, Prince of Brazil, Infante Gabriel of Spain, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, and Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 849 out of 6,770. Before him are Marina Vlady (1938), Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Auguste Mariette (1821), Lorin Maazel (1930), Félix Guattari (1930), and Marie de France (1101). After him are Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Mylène Demongeot (1935), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), François Darlan (1881), and Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 6. Before him are Jacques Cartier (1491), Jacques Cousteau (1910), Pytheas (-380), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), and Samuel de Champlain (1567). After him are Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705).

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