Louis-Antoine De Bougainville
1729-1811
French Explorer
Leader of the first French circumnavigation of the globe (1767-69), Louis Antoine de Bougainville explored the South Atlantic and Polynesia befo...
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
Born November 11, 1729, Paris, France Died August 31, 1811, Paris. France
Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, a French naval officer, led an expedition around the world in t...
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) was a French soldier and explorer. An accomplished scholar, he was also a man of action who fought in the Seven Years War, explored the Pacific Ocean, and was...
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