It came under the daimyo of Matsumae clan in the 18th century and got its current European name from a visit of the French navigator La Perouse, who named it Moneron after Paul Mérault Monneron, the chief engineer of his expedition.
Moneron Island discovered by the expedition was named after him.
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La mission que Lapérouse lui confie en Angleterre, afin de préparer l'expédition, montre bien les traits marquants de sa personnalité : son caractère sociable lui attire confiance et confidences ; curieux de tout, il sait retenir une foule de détails intéressants de ses conversations avec John Webber.
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Paul Mérault Monneron or de Monneron (23 February 1748, Annonay, Ardèche – May 1788, Vanikoro) was an engineer officer in the French armed forces and from 1785 to 1788 a member of Lapérouse's expedition.
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