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Biographical entry La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup (1741 - 1788)

Born
22 August 1741
Albi, France
Died
1788
at sea
Occupation
Navigator
Alternative Names
  • Comte de La Pérouse

Summary

Jean-François de Galaup Le Perouse was the commander of the French expedition to explore the Pacific in 1785.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Jean-Francois de Galaup La Perouse - Records, 1777 - 1793, B1207; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Jean-Francois de Galaup La Perouse - Records, 1829 - 1832, A3973; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Pierre Anthonioz - Records, 1958, A4109 and FM 1; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Gaziello, Catherine, L'Expedition de Laperouse (1785-88), Replique Francaise aux Voyages de Cook, Comite des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, Paris, 1984. Details
  • Horner, F, Looking for La Pérouse: D'Entrecasteaux in Australia and the South Pacific 1792-1793, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1995, 332 pp. Details
  • Richard, Helene, Le Voyage de d'Entrecasteaux a la recherche de Laperouse, C.T.H.S., Paris, 1985. Details

Book Sections

  • Marchant, Leslie R., 'La Perouse, Jean-Francois De Galaup, Comte De (1741-1788), navigator', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 85-86. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020072b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Amalric, P., 'Ocular Manifestations uring the French Travels of Discovery to Australia From Laperouse (1741-1788) to Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842)', Documenta Ophthalmologica, vol. 74, no. 1-2, 1990, pp. 113-118. Details
  • Cabourdin, Guy, 'On French Soil? The Monument to Laperouse at Botany Bay: an Historical Note', Journal of the Royal Historical Society, vol. 72, no. 2, 1986, pp. 149-152. Details
  • Hustache, Catherine, 'Le Voyage de Laperouse (1785-1788)', Oceanis, vol. 19, no. 4, 1993, pp. 17-26. Details

Online Resources

  • National Library of Australia, 'La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-900030. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 12 December 2006