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What was the name of the French navigator for which the DEntrecasteaux Islands were named?

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What was the name of the French navigator for which the DEntrecasteaux Islands were named?

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The group was named for the French navigator Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D’Entrecasteaux who, in his ship the Espérance, passed through the area in 1782 while searching for his missing compatriot, La Pérouse.