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Louis - Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729 - 1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fall of French Canada, the opening of the Pacific, the French revolution and the Revolutionary Wars, the crowning of Napoleon and the modernisation of France.
Bougainville was also a witty and charming courtier, becoming one of Napoleon's senators. A true Man of Enlightenment, he was gifted in navigation, seamanship, soldiering, mathematics, longitude and latitude - many of the arts that made his age one of the most productive and creative in modern history.
John Dunmore, a distinguished historian and an expert in French Pacific exploration, brings the man and his era to life in this vivid and elegantly written biography.
Bougainville was also a witty and charming courtier, becoming one of Napoleon's senators. A true Man of Enlightenment, he was gifted in navigation, seamanship, soldiering, mathematics, longitude and latitude - many of the arts that made his age one of the most productive and creative in modern history.
John Dunmore, a distinguished historian and an expert in French Pacific exploration, brings the man and his era to life in this vivid and elegantly written biography.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: NF. Art, Photos, Maps (illustrator). 1st. Author John Dunmore, has long been recognised as an eminant historian, specialising in the early exploration of the Pacific Ocean, particularly that of the French navigators, with his works winning high recognation in France and elsewhere. The subject of "Storms and Dreams" in this biography is Louis De Bougainville (1728-1811) whose most notable voyaging was his global cicumnavigation extenging from 1766 to 1769, and in the process exploring many Pacific island groups. In addition to his contributions to navigation and exploration, Compte De Bougainville was also influential in a number of other international and European affairs, including service with the French army and navy, the war between Britain and France over Canada, establishing French colonies, support for an independent American nation, involvement in the Napoleonic wars, the French Revolution and the return of Napoleon. Bougainville was also active in politics, in the sciences and promoted advances that encouraged growth, development and artistic achievement in France. Professor John Dumore's biography of Bougainville is expansive and shows him to have been a man of many talents and remarkable skills, whose contribution to world affairs has largely been under-rated in English language biographical history. First edition from Exisle of 2005, 296 pages including appendix, notes, bibliography and index, eight page centrally located b/w illustrations section has two Bougainville portraits, art views of Quebec and French settlement in the Falkland Islands, three illustrations from his circumnavigation expedition, title page reproduction of his book recording that venture and photographs showing the Bougainville Memorial at Tahiti and fortifications at the Port of Brest. There are six maps in the book, one double-page. Black hard covers with silver spine titles are NF as is the text block, no inscriptions. Wrap-round colour art DJ also NF. Seller Inventory # 004951
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 304 pages. minor wear, spine lightly faded SIGNED by authorSTORMS AND DREAMS: Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, Explo rer, StatesmanBy John Dunmore Exisle Publ ishing, New Zealand, 2005ISBN 9780908988570royal hb, dj, 304 pp, b & w platesVERY GOOD: minor we ar, spine lightly faded; SIGNED by authorLouis-Antoin e Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumn avigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and d istinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turnin g points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fa ll of French Canada, the opening of the Pacific, the French revol ution and the Revolutionary Wars, the crowning of Napoleon and th e modernisation of France . Bougainville was also a witty and cha rming courtier, becoming one of Napoleon's senators. A true Man o f the Enlightenment, he was gifted in navigation, seamanship, sol diering, mathematics, longitude and latitude - many of the arts t hat made his age one of most productive and creative in modern hi story. John Dunmore, a distinguished historian and an expert in F rench Pacific exploration, brings the man and his era to life in this vivid and elegantly written biography. Seller Inventory # 1128a
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Book Description Hardback. Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fall of French Canada, the opening of the Pacific, the French revolution and the Revolutionary Wars, the crowning of Napoleon and the modernisation of France . Bougainville was also a witty and charming courtier, becoming one of Napoleon's senators. A true Man of the Enlightenment, he was gifted in navigation, seamanship, soldiering, mathematics, longitude and latitude â  many of the arts that made his age one of most productive and creative in modern history. John Dunmore, a distinguished historian and an expert in French Pacific exploration, brings the man and his era to life in this vivid and elegantly written biography. Dustjacket light edgewear. Seller Inventory # 12430301
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