Lapérouse expedition vanishes

Name: Lapérouse expedition vanishes
Start: 1788
Location: Vanikoro, Solomon Islands

1788 · Vanikoro, Solomon Islands · Oceania · Exploration

Two French frigates vanish without trace in the Pacific

Lapérouse expedition vanishes — Wikimedia Commons

Sent by Louis XVI, Lapérouse's scientific expedition sailed in three years from Alaska and Kamchatka to Australia; in 1788 the frigates Boussole and Astrolabe left Botany Bay and vanished. Only in 1826–1828 was their wreckage found off the island of Vanikoro.

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