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To: Last Dakotan
How come a Strait between Russia and Japan has a French name?
Named after Jean Francois La Perouse who was the first European to discover it [and a lot of other neat things].
29 posted on 08/17/2006 3:13:43 PM PDT by curmudgeonII (One man...and the Lord...are a majority.)
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To: curmudgeonII
Named after Jean Francois La Perouse who was the first European to discover it [and a lot of other neat things].
His full name was Jean Francois Gallaup Compte de La Perouse...wow that's a mouthful
88 posted on 08/20/2006 11:53:38 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat
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