Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville was a French military officer and explorer. After having served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War, Bougainville later gained fame for his
Portrait by Joseph Ducreux, 1790
Bougainville was recognized by the Royal Society of London for Traité du calcul intégral, his two volume work on integral calculus.
Voyage autour du monde, Paris, 1772
Port St. Louis as established by Bougainville (Dom Pernety, 1769).
Bougainville Island
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Bougainville Island is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area is 9,300 km2. The highest point is Mount Balbi, on the main island, at
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
…circumnavigation of the globe in a scientific expedition in 1763, the first recorded settlement on the Falkland Islands, and voyages into the Pacific Ocean. Bougainville Island of Papua New Guinea as well as the flowering plant Bougainvillea are named in his honour. Bougainville was born in Paris on November 12, 1729, the…
United States Marines on Bougainville (November 1943)
Bagana volcano
Northern part of the island
Buka Passage (1944)