Born in Albi on August 23, 1741 in Gô, Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse became a sailor at the age of 15 and fought against English forces in India and America before being promoted to Captain of a Navy. In 1785, he led the scientific expedition around the world, at the request of Louis XVI, the famous frigates the Compass and the Astrolabe. Unfortunately, after a stopover at Botany Bay (Australia), the 2 frigates disappeared in 1788 at Vanikoro (Solomon Islands). It would take 40 years for an Irish Captain Peter Dillon then, a few months later the French Dumont d'Urville, to find on the island of Vanikoro the remains of the shipwreck and collect the accounts of the natives. The museum dedicated to him presents the journey step by step from Brest to Australia. 225 men, sailors, scientists and artists leave Brest in 1785, following Brazil, Chile, Alaska, California, China, Russia, Australia . The museum displays models, navigational instruments, weapons and uniforms, as well as numerous remains found at the site of the shipwreck.