La Perouse

[finphoto1972]

La Perouse left France in 1785 and sailed for Botany Bay to claim it for the French, but arrived just 4 days after the British. Distraught, he and his fleet sailed East and were shipwrecked in the Solomon Islands - every single crew member drowned. Which 15-year old had tried to join La Perouse's crew but was turned down, thus leaving him to pursue other adventures?

[Johnmof]

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769, which would make him eligible.

[jno]

Oui, Napoleon. Clickez-voo ici