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La Pérouse
[ la pey-rooz ]
noun
- Jean Fran·çois de Ga·laup [zhah, n, f, r, ah, n, -, swa, d, uh, g, a, -, loh], 1741–88, French naval officer and explorer.
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The natives must have kept secret the fact of their dealings with La Perouse.
M. la Perouse had also anchored off Norfolk Island, but could not land, on account of the surf.
We shall have occasion to refer to them in dealing with the more detailed and reliable accounts of Cook and La Perouse.
La Perouse established an observatory upon one of the islands in the bay, and set up tents for the sail makers and smiths.
The town of Macao is so well known that it is needless for us to give La Perouse's description of it.
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