La Pérouse
Americannoun
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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 Brinkley, F. (Frank)
While these events were passing in Paris and in Versailles, the king, tranquil as usual, sat in his study, surrounded by maps and plans, and traced new paths for the vessels of La Pérouse.
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
"You wish me to tell you what I would not tell La Pérouse?"
From The Queen's Necklace by Dumas père, Alexandre
Then Vancouver, Blyth, and the French General and Admiral, D'Entre-Casteaux, who went in search of the missing La Pérouse.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
The most notable of the French was La Pérouse, who was best equipped for scientific research of any one.
From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison
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