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, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE DE See also:

• LOUIS ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811)

BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French navigator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 1th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1729 . He was the son of a See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary, and in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• LIFE

life studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, but soon abandoned the profession, and in 1753 entered the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in the See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps of musketeers . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty-five he published a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the integral calculus, as a supplement to De l'Hopital's treatise,.See also:

• DES

Des infiniment petits . In 1755 he was sent to See also:

• LONDON

London as secretary to the French See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy, and was made a member of the Royal Society . In 1756 he went to See also:

• CANADA

Canada as See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of dragoons and aide-de-See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp to the See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis de Mont-See also:

• CALM

calm; and having distinguished himself in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, was rewarded with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel and the See also:

• CROSS

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
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, when the French See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government conceived the project of colonizing the See also:

• FALKLAND
• FALKLAND, LUCIUS CARY

Falkland Islands, See also:

• BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE (1729-1811)

Bougainville undertook the task at his own expense . But the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement having excited the See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of the Spaniards, the French government gave it up to them, on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of their indemnifying Bougainville . He was then appointed to the command of the See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate " La Boudeuse " and the transport " L'Etoile," and set See also:

• SAIL

sail in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1766 on a voyage of See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the See also:

• WORLD

world . Having executed his See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of delivering up the Falkland Islands to the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, Bougainville proceeded on his expedition, and touched at Buenos Aires . Passing through the Straits of See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan, he visited the Tuamotu See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

archipelago, and See also:

• TAHITI

Tahiti, where the See also:

• ENGLISH

English navigator See also:

• WALLIS, JOHN (1616-1703)

Wallis had touched eight months before . He proceeded across the Pacific Ocean by way of the Samoan See also:

• GROUP

group, which he named the Navigators Islands, the New See also:

• HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides and the See also:

• SOLOMON, ODES OF
• SOLOMON, PSALMS OF

Solomon Islands .

His men now suffering from See also:

• SCURVY (Scorbutus)

scurvy, and his vessels requiring refitting, he anchored at See also:

• BURU

Buru, one of the See also:

• MOLUCCAS, or SPICE ISLANDS

Moluccas, where the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the Dutch settlement supplied his wants . It was the beginning of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, and the expedition took 316 See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the easterly See also:

• MONSOON
• MONSOON (Arabic Mausim, season)

monsoon, which carried them to See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

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
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the voyage (Paris, 1771) is written with simplicity and some See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour . After an See also:

• INTERVAL

interval of several years, he again accepted a See also:

• NAVAL

naval command and saw much active service between 1779 and 1782 . In the memorable engagement of the 12th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1782, in which See also:

• RODNEY, GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY, BARON (1718—1792)

Rodney defeated the See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de See also:

• GRASSE
• GRASSE, FRANCOIS JOSEPH PAUL, MARQUIS DE GRASSETILLY, COMTE DE (1722-1788)

Grasse, near See also:

• MARTINIQUE

Martinique, Bougainville, who commanded the " Auguste," succeeded in rallying eight See also:

• SHIPS

ships of his own See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

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 . After the peace he returned to Paris, and obtained the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy . He projected a voyage of discovery towards the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, but this did not meet with support from the French government . Bougainville obtained the rank of See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral in 1791; and in 1792, having escaped almost miraculously from the massacres of Paris, he retired to his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy . He was chosen a member of the See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute at its formation, and returning to Paris became a member of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

• LONGITUDE (from Lat. longitudo, " length ")

Longitude . In his old age See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon I. made him a senator, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and member of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour .

He died at Paris on the 31st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1811 . 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
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany; and to the strait which divides it from the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• CHOISEUL, CESAR
• CHOISEUL, ETIENNE FRANCOIS

Choiseul . It is also applied to the strait between Mallicollo and Espiritu Santo Islands of the New Hebrides group, and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American climbing plant Bougainvillea, often cultivated in greenhouses, is named after him .