File:La Pérouse memorial on Vanikoro.jpg
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English: Memorial to French explorer La_Pérouse in Mangadai Bay, Vanikoro Island, Temotu Province, Solomon Islands. Memorial is at 11 39.02 S 166 55.52 E. This is actually on the opposite side of the island to where the wrecks of Lapérouse's ships were located. |
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The monument was erected by Dumont d'Urville in 1828 - engraving of it in "Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D'Urville, capitaine de vaisseau." shown here: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/society_art/french/perouse/index.html
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