Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Also known as Louis Antoine de Bougainville
French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer who lived from 1729 to 1811 and became famous for his voyages of discovery across the Pacific Ocean. His expeditions expanded European knowledge of the world's geography and peoples, and his name was later given to the Bougainvillea flower and various geographic locations in his honor.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1729
- Died
- 1811
- Works
- 34
Top works
- Notice des principaux articles de la bibliotheque
- Viaje alrededor del mundo por la fragata del ray la "Boudeuse" y la fusta la "Estrella" en 1767, 1768 y 1769 ...
- Wolfe and Montcalm
- Viaje alrededor del mundo por la fragata del rey la "Boudeuse" y la fusta la "Estrella" en 1767, 1768 y 1769
- Voyage autour du monde par la frégate La Boudeuse et la flûte l'Étoile
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville ( French: [buɡɛ̃vil]; 12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a French military officer and explorer. After having served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, Bougainville later gained fame for his expeditions, including a circumnavigation of the globe in a scientific expedition in 1763, the first recorded settlement on the Falkland Islands, and voyages into the Pacific Ocean. Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea as well as the flowering plant Bougainvillea are named in his honour.
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1729 births1811 deaths18th-century French explorers18th-century French sailorsBHL ID same as WikidataBurials at the Panthéon, ParisCircumnavigators of the globeCounts of the First French EmpireExplorers of ChileFrench explorers of the PacificFrench fellows of the Royal SocietyFrench military personnel of the American Revolutionary War
