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5 days ago · Brig. Gen. George Townshend assumed command and organized two battalions to counter a French relief force under Col. Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Bougainville decided to pull back, and the British consolidated their position on the heights.
4 days ago · Louis-Antoine de Bougainville’s voyage to Tahiti took place late in the 18th century, when enlightenment was already well under way. One could imagine its exploratory impulse as a product of the new era of scientific curiosity, something that radiated outwards from the European centre until it encompassed the globe.
21 hours ago · Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen was the first to sight the islands in 1722, followed by French explorer Louis-Antoine de Bougainville in 1768. 1722: Jacob Roggeveen sights the Samoan islands; 1768: Louis-Antoine de Bougainville names the islands ‘Navigator Islands’
2 days ago · European contact began with the Portuguese explorer Pedro Fernández de Quirós (1606), followed by the French navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1768) and the British captain James Cook (1774). Cook mapped the island group and named it the New Hebrides.
21 hours ago · Richmond delves into the story of the plant, tracing its origins from South America and its naming after Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French admiral who led the voyage of discovery in the 1760s.
21 hours ago · Comme celles menées par Louis Antoine de Bougainville et celles de James Cook. A bord de ces navires qui partent pour l’aventure et vers des horizons mystérieux on trouve des hommes de sciences, comme les naturalistes ( fera partie de l’expédition du Beagle, par exemple) et aussi quelques artistes.
3 days ago · The bougainvillea flower has a rich history that dates back to its discovery by French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville in the 18th century. It gained popularity during the 1920s and 1930s when expeditions and plant collectors brought it to Europe and America.
