Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea as well as the Bougainvillea flower are named after him. Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Portrait by Joseph Ducreux, 1790.
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (born Nov. 11, 1729, Paris—died Aug. 31, 1811, Paris) was a French navigator who explored areas of the South Pacific as leader ...
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
French naval officer and explorer
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. Wikipedia
Born: November 12, 1729, Paris, France
Died: August 31, 1811 (age 81 years), Passage des Petits Pères, Paris, France
Siblings: Marie Françoise de Baraudin and Jean-Pierre de Bougainville
Nationality: French
Parents: Marie-Françoise d'Arboulin and Pierre-Yves de Bougainville
Full name: Louis-Antoine de Bougainville
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Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Comte de Bougainville, soldier, sailor (born 12 November 1729 in Paris, France; died 20 August 1811).
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