La Pérouse
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As its circumference is only three miles and a half, it can hardly be the same that La Pérouse has called Calinasseh.
From A New Voyage Round the World in the Years 1823, 24, 25, and 26. Vol. 1 by Otto von Kotzebue
La Pérouse gave him despatches to send home by the returning transports.
From The Naval Pioneers of Australia by Louis Becke
The shores of the mainland and islands were first traced by La Pérouse, who determined the insular character of Sakhalin, and ascertained the existence of a strait connecting the Japanese Sea with that of Okhotsk.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton
"Pray then, count," said Madame Dubarry, "tell us what will befall poor La Pérouse."
From The Queen's Necklace by Alexandre Dumas père
They also respectively engage not to take any military measures which may impede the free navigation of the Straits of La Pérouse and Tartary.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by F. (Frank) Brinkley
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