Complex sentence: As this first journey proved very successful, Plumier was appointed royal botanist; in 1693, by command of Louis XIV of France, he made his second journey, and in 1695 his third journey to the Antilles and Central America.
Split into simpler sentences: As this first journey proved very successful, Plumier was appointed royal botanist. In 1693, by command of Louis XIV of France, he made his second journey, and in 1695 his third journey to the Antilles and Central America.