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Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec

1734 - 1797

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Counter-Admiral Yves Joseph Marie de Kerguelen-Trémarec (13 February 1734 – 3 March 1797) was a French Navy officer. He discovered the Kerguelen Islands in 1772 during his first expedition to the southern Indian Ocean. Welcomed as a hero after his voyage and first discovery, Kerguelen fell out of favour after his second voyage and was cashiered in 1775 for violating Navy regulations. He was rehabilitated during the French Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec is the 203rd most popular explorer (up from 207th in 2019), the 2,361st most popular biography from France (up from 2,602nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular French Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 203 out of 498. Before him are Nikolai Rezanov, James Weddell, Don Walsh, Francisco de Montejo, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and Pedro Arias Dávila. After him are Francis Garnier, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, Douglas Mawson, John Rolfe, René Caillié, and Vasily Tatishchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 18. Before him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, Ueda Akinari, Anton Janša, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, and Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski. After him are Shahrokh Shah, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, and Francisco Bayeu y Subías. Among people deceased in 1797, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 15. Before him are Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Vilna Gaon, Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, and Joseph Wright of Derby. After him are Pasquale Anfossi, Wang Zhenyi, Asaf-ud-Daula, Olaudah Equiano, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and Ivan Shuvalov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 2,361 out of 6,770. Before him are Sarah Kofman (1934), Jean-Louis Pons (1761), Olivier Assayas (1955), Micheline Presle (1922), Antoine Gombaud (1607), and Menasseh Ben Israel (1604). After him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786), Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822), Thomas Merton (1915), Othon de la Roche (1200), and François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ranks 20. Before him are Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658), Henri Mouhot (1826), Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (1757), Sophie Blanchard (1778), and Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867). After him are Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon (1510), René Caillié (1799), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724), and André Thevet (1516).

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