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| | French Frigate Shoal |
 | | After making a survey of the shoals to the west of this lonely rock, the two vessels proceeded westward. |
 | | La Perouse goes on to describe how the next day a careful survey was made of the shoal, which the discoverer named "Basse des Fregates Francaises, shoal of the French Frigates, because it has nearly proved the final termination of our voyage." This discovery was made in November 6, 1786. |
 | | Until recently, the history of French Frigate Shoal (the name is that officially adopted by the United States Geographic Board, October 1, 1924) has been a quiet one. |
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