Editing Louis XVI (section)

===Concerning Asia===
[[File:Louis XVI et La Pérouse.jpg|thumb|''[[Louis XVI Giving His Instructions to La Pérouse]]'' by [[Nicolas-André Monsiau]], 1817]]

Louis XVI hoped to use the American Revolutionary War as an opportunity to expel the British from India.<ref name=NGS/> In 1782, he sealed an [[Franco-Indian Alliances#Alliance of Louis XVI|alliance]] with the [[Peshwa]] [[Madhavrao II]]. As a consequence, the [[Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau]] moved his troops to the [[Isle de France (Mauritius)|Isle de France]] (now [[Mauritius]]) and later contributed to the French effort in India in 1783.<ref name=NGS/><ref>{{cite book |page=461 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nc7H1eQiArQC&pg=PA461 |title = The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783|isbn = 9780486255095|last1 = Mahan|first1 = Alfred Thayer|date = January 1987| publisher=Courier Corporation }}</ref> [[Pierre André de Suffren]] became the ally of [[Hyder Ali]] in the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]] against the British [[East India Company]] from 1782 to 1783, engaging the [[Royal Navy]] along the coasts of India and [[Ceylon]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk_RaalNQAQC&pg=PA183 |title=''Britain as a military power, 1688–1815''|first=Jeremy|last=Black|isbn=9780203007617|date=4 January 2002|publisher=Taylor & Francis }}</ref>

France also intervened in [[Cochinchina]] following [[Pierre Pigneau de Behaine]]'s intervention to obtain military aid. A France-Cochinchina alliance was signed through the [[Treaty of Versailles (1787)|Treaty of Versailles of 1787]], between Louis XVI and Prince [[Nguyễn Ánh]].<ref>[http://belleindochine.free.fr/2TraiteVersaillesEvequeAdran.htm TRAITÉ conclu à Versailles entre la France et la Cochinchine, représentée par Mgr Pigneau de Béhaine, évêque d'Adran, le 28 novembre 1787] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112159/http://belleindochine.free.fr/2TraiteVersaillesEvequeAdran.htm |date=6 October 2014 }} (in French)</ref>

Louis XVI also encouraged major voyages of exploration. In 1785, he appointed [[Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse]] to lead a sailing expedition around the world (La Pérouse and his fleet disappeared after leaving [[Botany Bay]] in March 1788. Louis is recorded as having asked, on the morning of his execution, "Any news of La Pérouse?".).<ref>[https://reporter.anu.edu.au/finding-la-p%C3%A9rouse AN|U Reporter, "Finding La Pérouse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110073932/https://reporter.anu.edu.au/finding-la-p%C3%A9rouse |date=10 January 2019 }}. Retrieved 10 January 2019</ref>