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Louis Antoine de Bougainville

* 1729 Paris
+ 1811 Paris

   

Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and explorer.
A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook,
he took part in the Seven Years' War in North America and the American Revolutionary War against Britain.
Bougainville later gained fame for his expeditions,
including a circumnavigation of the globe in a scientific expedition in 1763.
Bougainville Island as well as the Bougainvillea flower were named after him.

He was the autor of:
"Traité du calcul intégral, pour servir de suite à l'Analyse des infiniments petits de M. le marquis de l'Hôpital" (2 volume, 1754-1756)
"Voyage autour du monde par la frégate du Roi La Boudeuse et la flute l'Etoile en 1766, 1767, 1768, et 1769" (1 volume, 1771 et 2 volumes, 1772)


J. Giesen

2022