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Title

  • Voyage autour du monde,

Summary

  • Following France's defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756-63), Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811), a soldier with a distinguished military record in Canada, received permission from King Louis XV to undertake France's first major geographical exploration of the Pacific. In 1766-69 Bougainville became the first Frenchman to circumnavigate the globe. His voyage, meticulously recounted in this book, resulted in several significant scientific contributions, including establishing the precise location of a number of Pacific islands and determining the width of the Pacific Ocean. However, it was Bougainville's observations of people and cultures, especially the people of Tahiti, that made his voyage and subsequent account famous. Coming at a time when most of Europe, and France in particular, was experiencing a "Pacific craze," Bougainville's idyllic and romantic account of his stay at Hitiaa, on the east coast of Tahiti, helped to make this work a major literary success. His portrayal of the people of Tahiti influenced philosophers such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau (who propounded the idea of the "noble savage") and Denis Diderot. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811.

Created / Published

  • Paris, Chez Saillant e Nyon, 1772.

Headings

  • -  Boudeuse (Frigate)
  • -  Voyages around the world--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Preface signed: de Bougainville.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  digital files not viewed; td12 2008-11-20
  • -  LAC knj 2019-06-19 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. 20 fold. pl. (incl. maps, plans) 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G420 .B82 1772

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05034862

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bougainville, Louis-Antoine De, Comte. Voyage Autour Du Monde. Paris, Chez Saillant e Nyon, 1772. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/05034862/.

APA citation style:

Bougainville, L. D. (1772) Voyage Autour Du Monde. Paris, Chez Saillant e Nyon. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05034862/.

MLA citation style:

Bougainville, Louis-Antoine De, Comte. Voyage Autour Du Monde. Paris, Chez Saillant e Nyon, 1772. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05034862/>.