Chef d'escadre Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse 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
Portrait by Geneviève Brossard de Beaulieu, 1778
Lapérouse commanded the frigate Astrée in the action of 21 July 1781.
Louis XVI, seated at right, giving Lapérouse his instructions on 29 June 1785. Louis XVI Giving His Instructions to La Pérouse by Nicolas-André Monsiau (1817). (Château de Versailles)
Easter Island in 1786
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Peter Dillon was a French sea captain engaged in the merchant trade, explorer and writer. Dillon discovered in 1826–27 the fate of the La Pérouse expedition.
Dillon in 1802
1836 illustration of the battle at Dillon's Rock