Lapérouse in literature and film The fate of Lapérouse, his ships and his men are the subjects of a chapter in the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne. Lapérouse was also mentioned in episode "The Quest" of the series Northern Exposure, wherein the character Joel (Rob Morrow) finds an old chart of the French explorer that will lead to a legendary "jewelled city of the North" (New York City).
Lapérouse in literature and film The fate of Lapérouse, his ships and his men are the subjects of a chapter in the 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne Lapérouse was also mentioned in episode "The Quest" of the series Northern Exposure wherein the character Joel (Rob Morrow) finds an old chart of the French explorer that will lead to a legendary "jewelled city of the North" (New York City)