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
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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
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