軍歴
He entered the naval college in Brest c1756.
In 1757 he was posted to the Celebre and participated in a supply expedition to Louisbourg in New France.
He was in a second supply expedition in 1758 to that besieged fortress that was forced to make a circuitous route around Newfoundland to avoid British patrols.
In 1759 he was wounded in the Battle of Quiberon Bay, where he was serving aboard the Formidable.
He was captured and briefly imprisoned before being paroled back to France; he was formally exchanged in December 1760.[3] He participated in a 1762 attempt by the French to gain control of Newfoundland, escaping with the fleet when the British arrived in force to drive them out. Following the Franco-American alliance, he fought against the Royal Navy off the American coast, and victoriously led the frigate Astree in the Naval battle of Louisbourg, 21 July 1781.
He was promoted to rank of commodore when he defeated the English frigate Ariel in the West Indies. In August 1782 he made his name by capturing two English forts (Prince of Wales Fort and York Fort) on the coast of Hudson Bay, but allowed the survivors, including Governor Samuel Hearne of Prince of Wales Fort, to sail off to England in exchange for a promise to release French prisoners held in England.
命名された地物
La Perouse Bay near Fort Prince of Wales, Manitoba, Canada. Mount La Perouse (3231 m) and La Perouse Glacier, Fairweather Range, Alaska. Mount La Pérouse (1127 m) on the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. La Pérouse Reef off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia. La Perouse Bank, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. This is the site of Environment Canada weather buoy 46026, at location 48.83N 126.00W. Mount La Perouse (3231 m) and La Perouse Glacier, Fairweather Range, Alaska Mount La Pérouse (1127 m) on the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia La Pérouse Reef off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia La Perouse Bank, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, between Vancouver Island and the British Columbia mainland. This is the site of Environment Canada weather buoy 46026, at location 48.83N 126.00W.
