Lapérouse next stops in the Navigator Islands…
December 1787 CE
Just before he leaves, the Samoans attack a group of his men, killing twelve, among whom are Lamanon and de Langle, commander of L'Astrolabe.
Twenty men are wounded.
The expedition drifts to Tonga, for resupply and help, and later recognizes the île Plistard and Norfolk Island.