He set sail from nantes in 1766, rounded the straits of magellan, and crossed the pacific via tahiti. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. An accomplished scholar, he was also a man of action who fought in the seven. Bougainville then gives an island just to the east of new guinea its name. In 1769 naderde hij australie, maar hij durfde het groot.
The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. Webarchive template wayback links engvarb from july 2017 use dmy dates from july 2017 articles with. The explorers assumed that the islanders were good because they lived simple lives. He rediscovered found again the solomon islands in 1768 the largest island is named for him.
Bougainville was born in paris, france, the son of a notary. His widely read account, voyage autour du monde 1771. A contemporary of james cook, he took part in the french and indian war and the unsuccessful french attempt to defend canada from britain. Bougainville later gained fame for his expeditions, including circumnavigation of the globe in a scientific. He later gained fame for his expeditions to settle the falkland islands and his voyages into the pacific ocean. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled gnu free documentation license. French explorers inaccurately claimed the tahitians were good. Bougainville, louis antoine enlightenment revolution.
Navy and was soon recognised as an excellent map maker and navigator. He accompanied montcalm to canada as aidedecamp, and he later c. Subject headings voyages around the worldearly works to 1800. He sailed on to samoa and the new hebrides, then headed north through the. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. A voyage round the world, 1772, helped popularize a belief in the moral. Baret is recognized as the first woman to have completed a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe. A contemporary of the british explorer james cook, he took part in the seven years war in. Na juventude estudou direito, mas logo abandonou a profissao. Louis on east falkland, claimed islands for french. 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. Jeanne baret, the first woman to circumnavigate the. Falkland islands timeline covering an arranged chronological timetable of key events within a particular historical period by.
Created published paris, chez saillant e nyon, 1772. Voyage autour du monde, page view volume 2 library of. Two ships boudeuse and etoile, 330 men charge by king louis xv of france. To transfer french settlements in the falklands to the spanish, then to proceed to the east indies by crossing the pacific, taking possession of any new or empty land, and to seek an island near china for a trading post for the french east india company. In early life, he studied law, but soon abandoned the profession, and in 1753 entered the army in the corps of musketeers. Make educational timelines or create a timeline for your company website. French explorer born to an uppermiddleclass family, his mother died while he was still an infant. To transfer french settlements in the falklands to the spanish, then to proceed to the east indies by crossing the pacific, taking possession of any new or empty land, and to seek an island near china for a trading post for the french east india. They sailed from brest aboard the licorne on 3 april.
Bougainville, engraving by emile lassalle after maurin. Permission is granted to copy, distribute andor modify this document under the terms of the gnu free documentation license, version 1. In 1766 he was sent by his government to make a trip around the world, called circumnavigation, which took from 1766 to 1769. Cook died on the hawaiian islands, beaten to death by the natives. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more.
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