See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS See also:ANTOINE DE See also:BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811)
, See also:French navigator, was See also:born at See also:Paris on the 1th of See also:November 1729
.
He was the son of a See also:notary, and in See also:early See also:life studied See also:law, but soon abandoned the profession, and in 1753 entered the See also:army in the See also:corps of musketeers
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At the See also:age of twenty-five he published a See also:treatise on the integral calculus, as a supplement to De l'Hopital's treatise,.See also:Des infiniment petits
.
In 1755 he was sent to See also:London as secretary to the French See also:embassy, and was made a member of the Royal Society
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In 1756 he went to See also:Canada as See also:captain of dragoons and aide-de-See also:camp to the See also:marquis de Mont-See also:calm; and having distinguished himself in the See also:war against See also:England, was rewarded with the See also:rank of See also:colonel and the See also:cross of St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis
.
He afterwards served in the Seven Years' War from 1761 to 1763
.
After the See also:peace, when the French See also:government conceived the project of colonizing the See also:Falkland Islands, See also:Bougainville undertook the task at his own expense
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But the See also:settlement having excited the See also:jealousy of the Spaniards, the French government gave it up to them, on See also:condition of their indemnifying Bougainville
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He was then appointed to the command of the See also:frigate " La Boudeuse " and the transport " L'Etoile," and set See also:sail in See also:December 1766 on a voyage of See also:discovery See also:round the See also:world
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Having executed his See also:commission of delivering up the Falkland Islands to the See also:Spanish, Bougainville proceeded on his expedition, and touched at Buenos Aires
.
Passing through the Straits of See also:Magellan, he visited the Tuamotu See also:archipelago, and See also:Tahiti, where the See also:English navigator See also:Wallis had touched eight months before
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He proceeded across the Pacific Ocean by way of the Samoan See also:group, which he named the Navigators Islands, the New See also:Hebrides and the See also:Solomon Islands
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His men now suffering from See also:scurvy, and his vessels requiring refitting, he anchored at See also:Buru, one of the See also:Moluccas, where the See also:governor of the Dutch settlement supplied his wants
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It was the beginning of See also:September, and the expedition took
316
See also:advantage of the easterly See also:monsoon, which carried them to See also:Batavia
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In See also:March 1769 the expedition arrived at St Malo, with the loss of only seven out of upwards of 200 men
.
Bougainville's See also:account of the voyage (Paris, 1771) is written with simplicity and some See also:humour
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After an See also:interval of several years, he again accepted a See also:naval command and saw much active service between 1779 and 1782
.
In the memorable engagement of the 12th of See also:April 1782, in which See also:Rodney defeated the See also:comte de See also:Grasse, near See also:Martinique, Bougainville, who commanded the " Auguste," succeeded in rallying eight See also:ships of his own See also:division, and bringing them safely into St Eustace
.
He was created chef d'escadre, and on re-entering the army, was given the rank of marechal de camp
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After the peace he returned to Paris, and obtained the See also:place of See also:associate of the See also:Academy
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He projected a voyage of discovery towards the See also:north See also:pole, but this did not meet with support from the French government
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Bougainville obtained the rank of See also:vice-See also:admiral in 1791; and in 1792, having escaped almost miraculously from the massacres of Paris, he retired to his See also:estate in See also:Normandy
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He was chosen a member of the See also:Institute at its formation, and returning to Paris became a member of the See also:Board of See also:Longitude
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In his old age See also:Napoleon I. made him a senator, See also:count of the See also:empire, and member of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour
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He died at Paris on the 31st of See also:August 1811
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He was married and had three sons, who served in the French army
.
Bougainville's name is given to the largest member of the Solomon Islands, which belongs to See also:Germany; and to the strait which divides it from the See also:British See also:island of See also:Choiseul
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It is also applied to the strait between Mallicollo and Espiritu Santo Islands of the New Hebrides group, and the See also:South See also:American climbing plant Bougainvillea, often cultivated in greenhouses, is named after him
.
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