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Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, was a French naval officer who explored waters around Japan circa [[1787]]. The [[Soya Strait|Sôya Strait]] separating [[Hokkaido]] and [[Sakhalin]] and connecting the [[Sea of Japan]] and the [[Sea of Okhotsk]] is sometimes known today as the La Pérouse Strait, after him.
La Pérouse's voyages in 1787 included passing from the Sea of Japan into the Sea of Okhotsk through the strait now named for him,<ref>Gallery labels, Hokkaido Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/52227215750/sizes/h/]</ref> and later that same year running aground on a reef in the [[Yaeyama Islands]].
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[[Category:Edo Period|La Perouse]]
[[Category:Foreigners|La Perouse]]