birth_date: 1729-11-12 00:00:00
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name: Louis Antoine de Bougainville
about: A French soldier and explorer, Louis Antoine de Bougainville took part in the Seven Years' Wars as Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's aide de camp in Canada. He undertook the project of creating the first settlement in the Falkland Islands (îles malouines) to be inhabited by the then recently expelled Acadians. He then peformed the first circumnavigation by a French crew which he relates in his 'Voyage autour du monde'. He later was in command of a ship during several battles of the American War of Independance most notably during the French victory at the Battle of the Chesapeake. A French soldier and explorer, Louis Antoine de Bougainville took part in the Seven Years' Wars as Louis-Joseph de Montcalm's aide de camp in Canada. He undertook the project of creating the first settlement in the Falkland Islands (îles malouines) to be inhabited by the then recently expelled Acadians. He then peformed the first circumnavigation by a French crew which he relates in his 'Voyage autour du monde'. He later was in command of a ship during several battles of the American War of Independance most notably during the French victory at the Battle of the Chesapeake. ...more
death_date: 1811-08-31 00:00:00