iftory

Updated: January 17, 2026

You can entirely reconstruct the history of the human race by using enough "ifs," but with that sort of thing, which an ironist has termed "Iftory," and is often more amusing than enlightening, more speculative than sound, we have at present nothing to do. Here is the version of the visit given by Laperouse himself: "We made the land on the 23rd January.

Ernest Scott - Laperouse