Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729–1811)
Author of A Voyage Round the World. Performed By Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Full name and style: Louis-Antoine, comte de Bougainville
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Works by Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
A Voyage Round the World. Performed By Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 (1772) 71 copies
Adventure in the Wilderness: The American Journals of Louis Antoine De Bougainville, 1756-1760 (American Exploration… (1964) 22 copies
Viaje alrededor del mundo 4 copies
Viaje alrededor del mundo a bordo de la fragata real la Boudese y la urca Étoile, en 1767, 1768 y 1769 (2005) 2 copies
Viaje a Tahití ; seguido de Suplemento al viaje de Bougainville o Diálogo entre a y b, por Denis Diderot (1999) 1 copy
Viaje a Tahití 1 copy
Associated Works
Sehnsucht: "Südsee" : Gedichte und mehr — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Comte de Bougainville, Louis-Antoine,
- Birthdate
- 1729-11-12
- Date of death
- 1811-08-20
- Burial location
- Panthéon, Paris, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
London, England, UK
Normandy, France - Occupations
- count
military officer
diplomat
navigator
explorer - Relationships
- Bougainville, Jean-Pierre (brother)
- Organizations
- French Navy
Bureau des Longitudes - Awards and honors
- Légion d'Honneur [1808]
Fellow, Royal Society
Académie des sciences (France) - Disambiguation notice
- Full name and style: Louis-Antoine, comte de Bougainville
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18th century, exploration and discovery, French literature, French Enlightenment, sailing and seafaring
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 135
- Popularity
- #150,831
- Rating
- 4.4
- Reviews
- 3
- ISBNs
- 29
- Languages
- 4
My only beef is that EP Hamilton's translation is not as precise as it could be and thus the American Journals could benefit from a fresh new translation, as Brian Leigh Dunnigan has done with Pouchot's Memoirs.
A must have for any serious student of the the Seven years War in NA.… (more)