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Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville ( / ˈbuːɡənvɪl /, US also / ˌbuːɡæ̃ˈviːl /, French: [lwi ɑ̃twan də buɡɛ̃vil]; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) [1] [2] was a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American ...
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (born Nov. 11, 1729, Paris—died Aug. 31, 1811, Paris) was a French navigator who explored areas of the South Pacific as leader of the French naval force that first sailed around the world (1766–69). His widely read account, Voyage autour du monde (1771; A Voyage Round the World, 1772), helped popularize a ...
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Nov 11, 2020 · Learn about the life and achievements of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who circumnavigated the world in 1766-1768 and explored the Pacific islands. Discover his role in the Seven Years' War, the Falkland Islands, the French Revolution and the Egyptian expedition.
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Vue de la sépulture. Le comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, né le 12 novembre 1729 à Paris ( paroisse Saint-Merry) et mort le 31 août 1811 à Paris ( ancien 3e arrondissement ), est un officier de marine explorateur et écrivain français. Il a mené en tant que capitaine, de 1766 à 1769, le premier tour du ...
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May 18, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Bougainville, a French soldier, explorer, and mathematician. He sailed around the world, discovered new islands and plants, and wrote a best-selling account of his voyage.
Louis-Antoine, comte de Bougainville (November 12, 1729 - August 31, 1811) was a French navigator and military commander. He was also a marked mathematician and a loyal statesman of his native France. As did Marquis de Lafayette Bougainville participated in both the American and French Revolutions, believing in the values of democracy.
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS-ANTOINE DE, Comte de BOUGAINVILLE, army officer; b. 12 Nov. 1729 in Paris, France, son of Pierre-Yves de Bougainville, member of the king’s council and notary at the Châtelet, and Marie-Françoise d’Arboulin; m. 27 Jan. 1781 Marie-Joséphine de Longchamps-Montendre in Brest, France, and they had four children; d. 20 Aug. 1811 in Paris and ...
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