Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
（重定向自Jean François de Galaup）
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![Lapérouse victoriously led the frigate Astree in the naval battle of Louisbourg, 21 July 1781, by Auguste-Louis de Rossel de Cercy.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Combat_naval_de_Louisbourg_17812746.jpg")
![Louis XVI giving Lapérouse his instructions.](/Images/godic/202501/21/Louis_XVI_et_La_Pérouse2747.jpg")
![Bust of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, by the sculpture workshop of Brest arsenal. On display at Brest naval museum](/Images/godic/202501/21/Lapérouse_mg_81222747.jpg")
Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (French: [ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa də ɡalop kɔ̃t də lapeʁuːz]; variant spelling of his name comte "de La Pérouse"; 23 August 1741 – 1788?) was a French Naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.