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hippolyte bouchard , oil on canvas -rcb- -rcb- dead 4 january 1837 peru bormes-les-mimosas , france andré louis bouchard thérèse brunet andré paul bouchard hipólito bouchard.jpg hippolyte bouchard
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hippolyte bouchard

hippolyte bouchard , or hipólito bouchard -lrb- 15 january 1780 -- 4 january 1837 -rrb- , was a french argentine sailor and corsair who fought for argentina , chile , and peru .
during his first campaign as an argentine corsair he attacked the spanish colonies of chile and peru , under the command of the irish-argentine admiral william brown .
he was the first argentine to circumnavigate the world .
during his voyage around the globe he blockaded the port of manila .
in hawaii , he recovered an argentine privateer which had been seized by mutineers .
he also met the local ruler , king kamehameha i. his forces occupied monterey , california , then a spanish colony , raised the argentine flag and held the town for six days .
after raiding monterey , he plundered mission san juan capistrano in southern california .
toward the end of the voyage bouchard raided spanish ports in central america .
his second homeland remembers him as a hero and patriot ; several places are named in his honour .
