La Pérouse expedition
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The La Pérouse expedition was a major late-18th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage in the Pacific and around the world that mysteriously disappeared, becoming one of the era’s great maritime enigmas.
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| La Pérouse expedition canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: La Pérouse expedition Context triple: [Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, knownFor, La Pérouse expedition]
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voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
The voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French circumnavigation of the globe that contributed significantly to European geographic knowledge and Enlightenment-era encounters with Pacific societies.
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Helder Expedition
The Helder Expedition was a 1799 joint British and Russian military campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars aimed at seizing control of the northern Netherlands from French-aligned forces.
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Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722
The Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 was a Danish-led expedition under Vitus Bering that sought to explore and map the North Pacific and clarify the geographical relationship between Asia and North America.
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Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition was a pioneering 19th-century scientific voyage that laid the foundations of modern oceanography through systematic deep-sea exploration and data collection.
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Danish Galathea expedition
The Danish Galathea expedition was a mid-20th-century Danish oceanographic research voyage renowned for its deep-sea explorations and scientific discoveries in some of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: La Pérouse expedition Target entity description: The La Pérouse expedition was a major late-18th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage in the Pacific and around the world that mysteriously disappeared, becoming one of the era’s great maritime enigmas.
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A.
voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
The voyage of Louis Antoine de Bougainville was an 18th-century French circumnavigation of the globe that contributed significantly to European geographic knowledge and Enlightenment-era encounters with Pacific societies.
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B.
Helder Expedition
The Helder Expedition was a 1799 joint British and Russian military campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars aimed at seizing control of the northern Netherlands from French-aligned forces.
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C.
Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722
The Pacific exploration voyage of 1721–1722 was a Danish-led expedition under Vitus Bering that sought to explore and map the North Pacific and clarify the geographical relationship between Asia and North America.
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D.
Challenger expedition
The Challenger expedition was a pioneering 19th-century scientific voyage that laid the foundations of modern oceanography through systematic deep-sea exploration and data collection.
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E.
Danish Galathea expedition
The Danish Galathea expedition was a mid-20th-century Danish oceanographic research voyage renowned for its deep-sea explorations and scientific discoveries in some of the world’s deepest ocean trenches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French naval expedition
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maritime expedition ⓘ scientific expedition ⓘ |
| areaOfOperation |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ around the world ⓘ |
| commander | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewSize | approximately 220 people ⓘ |
| departureCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| departurePort | Brest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | circa 1788 ⓘ |
| fate | shipwreck ⓘ |
| flagship | Boussole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fleetSize | 2 ships ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major 18th-century French voyage of discovery
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one of the great maritime enigmas of its era ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Voyage of La Pérouse Round the World NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lastDepartureDate | 1788-03-10 ⓘ |
| lastKnownLocation | Botany Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader | Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mystery | disappearance remained unexplained for decades ⓘ |
| notableStop |
Alaska
NERFINISHED
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Botany Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ California NERFINISHED ⓘ Easter Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamchatka Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Macau NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orderedBy | Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | James Cook’s Pacific voyages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
commercial reconnaissance
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geographical exploration ⓘ hydrographic survey ⓘ scientific exploration ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Age of Enlightenment scientific exploration ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
astronomy
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cartography ⓘ ethnography ⓘ hydrography ⓘ natural history ⓘ |
| sponsor | Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1785-08-01 ⓘ |
| status | lost at sea ⓘ |
| vessel |
Astrolabe
NERFINISHED
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Boussole NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wreckDiscoveredAt | Vanikoro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wreckDiscoveryAgent | Peter Dillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wreckDiscoveryDate | 1826 ⓘ |
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Subject: La Pérouse expedition Description of subject: The La Pérouse expedition was a major late-18th-century French scientific and exploratory voyage in the Pacific and around the world that mysteriously disappeared, becoming one of the era’s great maritime enigmas.
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