Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (12 November 1729 – 31 August 1811) was a French military officer, explorer and nobleman. A contemporary of the British...
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advance on Montreal. Bougainville realised that the fort of Île aux Noix could not resist a longer siege. On August 27, Bougainville had his troops silently...
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Kerguelen Islands (redirect from Iles Kerguelen)
Croÿ, île du Roland, îles Ternay, îles d'Après) Île de Castries Îles Leygues (north, including île de Castries, île Dauphine) Île Violette Île Australia...
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Society Islands (redirect from Îles de la Société)
maintain control of his vessel and the iron on board.: 39–47 Louis de Bougainville, a French nobleman, sailor and soldier, left France on his circumnavigation...
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Rock, Hide Island, Île aux Aigrettes, Île aux Cèdres, Îles Chalands, Île Fangame, Île Héron, Île Michel, Île Squacco, Île Sylvestre, Île Verte, Ilot Déder...
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Mururoa. Because of its shape, French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville named it "Île de la Harpe" (Harp Island). Hao is 920 km (570 mi) east of Tahiti...
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Clipperton Island (redirect from Île Clipperton)
Christian H. (2003). "Clipperton – Île de la Passion: une aire française du Pacifique à protéger" [Clipperton – Île de la Passion: a French area in the...
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long line of coral reef fringing the coasts of Anse Royale and Anse Bougainville. It is rocky, about 500 metres south west of Pointe au Sel. In the vicinity...
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List of earthquakes in 2013 (redirect from 2013 Bougainville earthquake)
at a depth of 578.2 km (359.3 mi). A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Île Amsterdam, on October 4 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.2 mi). A magnitude 6.0 earthquake...
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Tuamotus (redirect from Îles Tuamotu)
sighted Easter Island) in 1722; John Byron in 1765;: 37 Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1768; James Cook during his first voyage in 1769; Spanish navigator...
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2019-05-18. Berland, L. (1947), "XVI. Araignées", Croisière du Bougainville aux îles australes françaises (in French), Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire...
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Canada, the uncolonized northern part of Acadia, Île Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island), and Île Royale (now Cape Breton Island). During the second...
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Percé, Quebec (category Incorporated places in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine)
town's territory also includes the communities of Barachois, Belle-Anse, Bougainville, Bridgeville, Cap-d'Espoir, Cannes-de-Roches, Coin-du-Banc, L'Anse-à-Beaufils...
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there in total, mentions Port-Christmas in his brief novel Deux ans aux Îles de la Désolation (1954). In 1993, journalist and writer Jean-Paul Kauffmann...
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Matavai Bay (section Bougainville)
p 47 Bougainville, Louis Antoine de (1771). Le voyage autour du monde, par la frégate La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile (in French). Bougainville, Louis...
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the following year the expedition of Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived. He named the island Île aux Marteaux, "Hammer Island" after a species of Malleus...
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original route planned was designed to complement that of Hyacinthe de Bougainville, re-establishing French influence on the Indo-China area. Laplace's prime...
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Forts Chambly, Saint-Jean and Île aux Noix. After Roger's attack, these were further reinforced by Louis Antoine de Bougainville which came to some 3,000 regulars...
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Island 9,521 3,676 Canada Nunavut 78 Bougainville Island 9,318 3,598 Papua New Guinea Autonomous Region of Bougainville 79 Kodiak Island 9,310 3,595 United...
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that arrived to Akiaki Atoll was Louis Antoine de Bougainville on 22 March 1768. He called this atoll Ile des Lanciers. James Cook reached Akiaki the following...
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derives from the 1764 name Îles Malouines, given to the islands by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Bougainville, who founded the archipelago's...
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Major-General François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis, Colonel Louis Antoine de Bougainville, and Lieutenant-Colonel de Sennezergue, distributed some 12,000 troops...
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For example, his map includes the names, then in English, of: Île Longue Île Verte Île Noire, Plage de la Demi-Lune, Trou du Ressac. Ross himself names...
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Island and McDonald Islands France French Southern and Antarctic Lands Île Amsterdam Île Saint-Paul Kerguelen Islands Kazakhstan Maldives Pakistan Russia –...
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Casamance Djudjura Félix Roussel Fort Binger Franche-Comté Gallois Gravelines Île-de-Batz Indochinois Kilissi PLM 22 Belle Poule Étoile "Poulmic". Shipwrecks...
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1768 with the ships Boudeuse and Etoile captained by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. In the 1790s European whalers arrived bringing with them alcohol and...
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traced to Malo, as it is derived from the French, Îles Malouines and named by Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1764 after the first known settlers: mariners...
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Falkland Islands (redirect from Iles Malouines)
from the French Îles Malouines—the name given to the islands by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1764. Bougainville, who founded the...
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville sailed by the islands on 22 May, naming them the Great Cyclades. Of the various French toponyms Bougainville devised, only...
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reimbursed the founder of Port St. Louis, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, 618,108 French livres. Bougainville himself sailed to Port Saint Louis on board the Boudeuse...
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