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Louis Antoine de Bougainville

1729 - 1811

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Antoine de Bougainville is the 45th most popular explorer (up from 48th in 2019), the 595th most popular biography from France (up from 707th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Explorer.

Louis Antoine de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer. He is most famous for his circumnavigation of the world in 1766-1769.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Louis Antoine de Bougainville ranks 45 out of 498. Before him are Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de León, Daniel Boone, Jacob Roggeveen, Ingólfr Arnarson, and Ernest Shackleton. After him are Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Martin Behaim, William Clark, Samuel de Champlain, and Diego de Almagro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Louis Antoine de Bougainville ranks 7. Before him are Catherine the Great, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Louis, Dauphin of France, Edmund Burke, Moses Mendelssohn, and Lazzaro Spallanzani. After him are Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Johann Daniel Titius, and Giuseppe Sarti. Among people deceased in 1811, Louis Antoine de Bougainville ranks 3. Before him are Heinrich von Kleist, and Peter Simon Pallas. After him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Dositej Obradović, Jean Chalgrin, Nevil Maskelyne, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Eliza Poe, Thomas Percy, and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Antoine de Bougainville ranks 595 out of 6,770. Before him are Daniel Auber (1782), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), and Edmond Becquerel (1820). After him are Éric Rohmer (1920), Jean Dausset (1916), Paul Claudel (1868), Gustave Caillebotte (1848), Blanche Monnier (1849), and Hector Malot (1830).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Louis Antoine de Bougainville ranks 4. Before him are Jacques Cartier (1491), Jacques Cousteau (1910), and Pytheas (-380). After him are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705).

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