page_title: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
section_title: Discovery of the expedition
hierarchical_section_title: Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse / Epilogue / Discovery of the expedition
context_page_description: Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse was a French Naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.
caption: Posthumous bust of Lapérouse in 1828, by François Rude.
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