IOTL, Napoleon Bonaparte has gone down in history as one of the world's greatest admirals, who swept the seas of British power during the early 19th Century, before moving on to his political career. What is not widely known is that he was nearly rejected from being included on the famous La Perouse exploratory expedition, which marked his entry into the French Navy and the beginning of his illustrious career.
What if Napoleon actually HAD been turned down? How might the course of history be different?