Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was an admiral and navigator from France. In 1766 he was sent by his government to make a trip around the world, called circumnavigation, which took from 1766 to 1769.[1] He rediscovered (found again) the Solomon Islands in 1768 (the largest island is named for him). He also collected plants and made a trustworthy chart of some parts of the center of the Pacific Ocean. Bougainville saw a part of the Great Barier Reef, but could not find Australia.
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| File:Louis Antoine de Bougainville - Portrait par Jean-Pierre Franquel.jpg Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, by Jean-Pierre Franquel | |
| Born | 12 November 1729 |
| Died | 31 August 1811 |
| Nationality | France |
Louis-Antoine De Bougainville Media
- CircumnavigationBougainville FR.svg
Map of the trip with French names as they stood at the times
- Planche01.jpg
Voyage autour du monde, Paris, 1772
- La Boudeuse.jpg
The Boudeuse, of Louis Antoine de Bougainville
- Bougainville Voyage around the World 1772.jpg
Cover page of the English edition of Bougainville's travelogue (1772).
- 2016-01 Hotel de la Marine 13.jpg
Portrait of Bougainville at Hôtel de la Marine (Paris).
References
- ↑ Sherwin, Frank (2004). The Ocean Book. P.O. Box 726, Green Forest, AR 72638: Master Books. ISBN 0-89051-401-1.
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Other websites
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- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- From the Warpath to the Plains of Abraham (Virtual exhibition)
- Louis-Antoine de Bougainville: Eighteenth Century French Sailor, Soldier, Statesman, Mathematician and leader of a Voyage around the world Archived 2008-07-08 at the Wayback Machine