Laperouse

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What a vast difference to the later course ofhistory that might have made!
After leaving New Zealand he was to cross the Pacific to the north-westcoast of America. The programme included explorations in the China Sea, at the Philippines, the Moluccas and Timor, and contemplated a returnto France in July or August, 1789, after a voyage of about three years.
But although his course was mapped out in such detail, discretion wasleft to Laperouse to vary it if he thought fit. "All the calculationsof
... which a sketch is given here must be governed by the circumstancesof the voyage, the condition of the crews, ships and provisions, theevents that may occur in the expedition and accidents which it isimpossible to foresee. His Majesty, therefore, relying on theexperience and judgment of the sieur de Laperouse, authorises him tomake any deviation that he may deem necessary, in unforeseen cases, pursuing, however, as far as possible, the plan traced out, andconforming to the directions given in the other parts of the presentinstructions.

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