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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse

1741 - 1788

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Commodore Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (23 August 1741 – c. 1788) was a French Navy officer and explorer. Having enlisted in the French navy at the age of 15, he had a successful career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse has received more than 561,288 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse is the 60th most popular explorer (down from 57th in 2019), the 796th most popular biography from France (down from 782nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Explorer.

Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse is most famous for being the first explorer to circumnavigate the globe.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.40

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 60 out of 498. Before him are William Adams, Hanno the Navigator, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, John Smith, and Henry Hudson. After him are Diogo Dias, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Davy Crockett, and Nikolay Przhevalsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 7. Before him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Princess Isabella of Parma, Angelica Kauffman, Henry Fuseli, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, and Peter Simon Pallas. After him are Andrea Luchesi, Benedict Arnold, Jean-Antoine Houdon, André Grétry, Johann Kaspar Lavater, and Emperor Momozono. Among people deceased in 1788, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 7. Before him are Charles III of Spain, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Charles Edward Stuart, Thomas Gainsborough, and Maurice Quentin de La Tour. After him are Johann Georg Hamann, Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, José, Prince of Brazil, Infante Gabriel of Spain, and Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 796 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Rouault (1871), Robert Curthose (1054), Gaston Doumergue (1863), Agnès Sorel (1422), Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1162), and Marie de France (1101). After him are Henri Lefebvre (1901), Marcel Carné (1906), Vincent Cassel (1966), Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Maurice Blanchot (1907), and Bernard Gui (1261).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse ranks 6. Before him are Jacques Cartier (1491), Jacques Cousteau (1910), Pytheas (-380), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), and Samuel de Champlain (1567). After him are Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), Jean Chardin (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705).

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