Napoleon Bonaparte a member of the LaPereuse Expedition

bard32

Banned
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had been chosen as a member of the LaPereuse
Expedition? Who, do you think, would have faced the Duke of Wellington at
Waterloo?
 
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had been chosen as a member of the LaPereuse
Expedition? Who, do you think, would have faced the Duke of Wellington at
Waterloo?

That's an original WI, but due to butterflies, no Napoleonic Wars, therefore no Waterloo.
 

MrP

Banned
What if Napoleon Bonaparte had been chosen as a member of the LaPereuse
Expedition? Who, do you think, would have faced the Duke of Wellington at
Waterloo?

Gneisenau, Elector-General of the Polish Confederacy. Not a doubt in my mind!

;)
 

Thande

Donor
I briefly considered this for LTTW (which has both Pérouse and an alt-Napoleon) but did something else instead.

I don't know...would Napoleon really have been able to do much? It's not as though there's that many people to conquer in Oceania. I suppose he could have got off at Japan and become a white Shogun ;)
 

bard32

Banned
The LaPereuse Expedition was one of the many voyages of discovery that was
around in the late 18th century. I heard about it on Carl Sagan's PBS series
Cosmos. I think you could go to www.wikipedia.org .
 

MrP

Banned
I briefly considered this for LTTW (which has both Pérouse and an alt-Napoleon) but did something else instead.

I don't know...would Napoleon really have been able to do much? It's not as though there's that many people to conquer in Oceania. I suppose he could have got off at Japan and become a white Shogun ;)

Opposing the Russian invasion? ;)
 

MrP

Banned
Thanks, I must have searched with the wrong spelling..
it made me wonder if Napoleon had gone and the expedition later returned to Europe. Napoleon, now a somewhat seasoned sailor, continues in the navy....

No worries - thread title's not good French. Glad to help. :)
 

bard32

Banned
Was not. Carl Sagan's dead. I know that. However, when Cosmos was on in
the early '80s, part of that series was about scientific expeditions. La Perouse
was the one that mentioned.
 

bard32

Banned
Historian Carl Sagan ... NOT.

Carl Sagan had a series on PBS in 1980 called Cosmos. In one episode, near
the end of the series, he was talking about Napoleon and the La Pereuse Expedition. He was almost chosen for that expedition which would have made him a footnote in history. La Pereuse was on a voyage of discovery. He went
to the west coast of the United States, including California, and Alaska, and
even as far north as Russia. Guess what? There was actually science conducted. I hadn't heard of the La Pereuse Expedition until Cosmos. I may have to consult the companion book. The reason why I hadn't heard of it is because it was overshadowed by the more famous Lewis and Clark Expedition in the early 1800s.
 
One problem -- Napoleon graduated from Brienne-le-Château in September 1785. La Pereuse left on his expedition in August of that same year. I don't think there is much chance of an un-graduated Napoleon being trained in artillery sent on a scientific expedition. And in any case, would Napoleon have wanted to miss his graduation?
 
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