Hyacinthe de Bougainville
| Hyacinthe de Bougainville | |
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 Hyacinthe de Bougainville |
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| Born | 1781 Brest, France |
| Died | 1846 Paris, France |
| Allegiance |  France |
| Service/branch | French Navy |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien, baron de Bougainville (1781 — 1846) was a French naval officer. He was the son of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville.[1] He became Rear-Admiral on 1 May 1838.
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[edit] Career
As a young second-class midshipman of eighteen Hyacinthe de Bougainville participated in the 1800-02 Baudin expedition to Australia.[2]
Hyacinthe de Bougainville sailed around the world from 1824 to 1826 onboard Thétis and Espérance,[1] sent by the Minister of the Navy and the Colonies, the duc de Clermont-Tonnerre.[3]
On 12 January 1825, Hyacinthe de Bougainville led an embassy to Vietnam with Captain Courson de la Ville-Hélio, arriving in Da Nang, with the warships Thétis and Espérance.[4] Although they had numerous presents for the Emperor, and a 28 January 1824 letter from Louis XVIII, the ambassadors could not obtain an audience from Minh Mạng.[5] Hyacinthe de Bougainville infiltrated Father Regéreau from the Thétis when it was anchored in Da Nang, triggering edicts of persecution against Christianity by Minh Mạng.[6]
Bougainville visited New South Wales in 1825. That same year, he visited Port Jackson[7] and Sydney where he set up a monument to La Pérouse in Botany Bay.[8]
[edit] Works
Journal de la Navigation Autour Du Globe de la Frégate Thétis et de la Corvette L'Espérance (Paris : Arthus Bertrand) 1837.
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Randier, p.292
- ^ Horner, F. The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801—1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 ISBN 0522843395.
- ^ Colin L. Dyer, The French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772-1839 p.12 [1]
- ^ Oscar Chapuis, A History of Vietnam: From Hong Bang to Tu Duc p. 190.
- ^ Oscar Chapuis, The Last Emperors of Vietnam p.4
- ^ The Vietnamese Response to French Intervention, 1862-1874 p.27
- ^ Colin L. Dyer, The French Explorers and the Aboriginal Australians 1772-1839: 1772-1839 p. 11 [2]
- ^ Maria Nugent , Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet p. 101
[edit] References
- Randier, Jean 2006 La Royale Editions Babouji ISBN 2352610222
