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Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan ʁɛmɔ̃ ʒɔzɛf də bʁyni dɑ̃tʁəkasto]) (8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor.
Joseph-Antoine Raymond Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739-1793), admiral and navigator, was born at Aix, France, the son of a member of the Parlement of Provence, Jean Baptiste Bruni, and his wife, Dorothée de Lestang-Parade.
Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. 1739-1793. French navigator and explorer who, while in search of the lost expedition of La Pérouse, mapped the coasts of southern Australia and Tasmania.
Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux was a French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor. He is perhaps best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792, while searching for the La Pérouse expedition.
On 9 February 1791, France’s National Assembly agreed to send a humanitarian expedition under Rear-Admiral Antoine-Raymond-Joseph Bruny d’Entrecasteaux to search for de Lapérouse. The mission was to also take scientists and artists to make further scientific studies for France.
Joseph Antoine Bruni d' Entrecasteaux (zhôzĕf´ äNtwän´ brōōnē´ däNtrəkästō´), 1739–93, French navigator. He entered the French navy in 1754, fought (1756) at Minorca, commanded (1786) the French fleet of the East Indies, and was appointed governor of Mauritius and the Isle of Bourbon in 1787.
d'Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni. Details. Family name. d'Entrecasteaux. Short description. French navigator who in the Recherche made contact with the Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of La Perouse. Entrecasteaux died of scurvy on the expedition in 1793. Birth date. 1737-11-08. Death date.
